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Indian ocean oriental sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AnimalsLutjans and gaterins
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew Caledonia
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Samak Al-Shifah Al-Na'emahArabic
- Orient-SüßlippeGerman (Germany)
- Diagramme orientalFrench (France)
- Gaterin rayéFrench (France)
- Oosterse diklipvisDutch (Netherlands)
Other invalid scientific names
- Anthias orientalis
- Gaterin orientalis
- Perca vittata
- Plectorhinchus orientalis
- Plectorhynchus orientalis
- Plectorhynchus vittatus
- Plectorinchus vittatus
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Sources
- GRILHE Séverine, LAMARE Véronique in : DORIS, 18/04/2021 : Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1307
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 10/03/2025 : Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1833
Modification history
- Modified by Maguelone GRATEAU on 10/03/2025
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