Crescent sweetlips
(Plectorhinchus cinctus)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
Scientific names:
Crescent sweetlips
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Tropical
Dorsal-fin rays XII, 15-16; anal-fin rays III, 7 ; pectoral-fin rays17.
Chin naked, frequently swollen with age; no antrorse spine; caudal rounded or lanceolate in juveniles, becoming truncate or emarginate in adults.
Dorsal fin with XI or more spines and 14 to 22 soft rays; 10 to 17 scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin; swimbladder without horn-like extensions anteriorly.
Body with 3 diagonal dark bars.
