Giant Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus obscurus
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Juveniles are a dark yellow colour with light lines, as the fish grows it changes to brown or grey with an brown/orange dorsal fin and black tips on the second dorsal and all other fins. Light brown tiny spots cover the body.

Size: 100 cm in length (Maximum)

Diet: Molluscs & Crustaceans

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Left: Ian Laird
Centre: Gilly Legault
Right: Gilly Legault
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