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Gold-spotted Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
A Gold-spotted Sweetlips at a depth of 14m, South Solitary Island, New South Wales, May 1998. Photo © I. Shaw. View larger image.
The Gold-spotted Sweetlips can be recognised by its colouration. It is grey to brown with numerous yellow to orange spots on the body, dorsal fin and anal fin. Juveniles have orange and grey-blue lines on the head and body that break into spots as a fish ages.
This species grows to 60 cm in length.
It occurs in tropical and some temperate marine waters of the Indo-West Pacific.
In Australia it is known from the south-western coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north and south to the southern coast of New South Wales.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Related links
- Barred Grunter fact sheet
- Giant Sweetlips fact sheet
- Goldstriped Sweetlips fact sheet
- Harlequin Sweetlips fact sheet
- Magpie Sweetlips fact sheet
- Oblique-banded Sweetlips fact sheet
- Slate Sweetlips fact sheet
- View head and body of a fish caught on hook and line.
- View the Sweetlips list
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Allen, G.R. & R. Swainston. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 201.
- Hutchins, B. & R. Swainston. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Swainston Publishing. Pp. 180.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
