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title: "Oriental Sweetlips"
description: "Plectorhinchus vittatus — Peixes. The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), also known as the oriental sweetlips or oriental blubberlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/oriental-sweetlips
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Sweetlips

> Plectorhinchus vittatus — Peixes. The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), also known as the oriental sweetlips or oriental blubberlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts.

- Scientific name: *Plectorhinchus vittatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2303
- Wikidata: [Q1433728](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433728)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120999](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120999)

## Names

- en: Oriental Sweetlips
- de: Orientalische Süßlippe
- es: Bakoko oriental
- fr: Gaterin rayé

## Countries with the most observations

MV (594), ID (550), FJ (128), SC (91), TW (46), NC (43), PH (43), TH (35), IN (34), LK (32), MM (28), PW (26)

## Summary

The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), also known as the oriental sweetlips or oriental blubberlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_oriental_sweetlips

## Photo

![Oriental Sweetlips](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-sweetlips/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236497338

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-sweetlips?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).