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Painted Sweetlips

Sweetlips
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Adult Painted Sweetlips are slate grey coloured. The species occurs in the tropical Indo-West and Central Pacific.
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Adult Painted Sweetlips are slate grey coloured. The species occurs in the tropical Indo-West and Central Pacific.

Scientific name

Diagramma pictum

Description
  • live fish are flushed with bronze that fades to slate-grey with death
  • may have irregular dark spots sparsely scattered over the upper body
Family name

Haemulidae (sweetlips)

Family description
  • most species have small mouths with large fleshy lips
  • usually undergo dramatic colour change as they grow
  • adults often bear little resemblance to their young
  • typically active at night
  • sweetlips include all species of the genera Plectorhinchus (miscellaneous sweetlips) and Diagramma (painted sweetlips, also known as slately bream)
  • representative species have been illustrated in this guide but there are more species you may catch. Please check current rules and regulations for specific size and in-possession limits
Size and bag limits
  • minimum size 25 cm
  • combined bag limit of 5 for all sweetlip species
  • in addition, total bag limit of 20 for all Coral Reef Fin Fish

 

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