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Dotted sweetlips
Plectorhinchus pica
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Dotted sweetlips
- Scientific
- Plectorhinchus pica
- Dhivehi
- Galu guruwa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 84 cm (total length); commonly 70 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A large sweetlips; adults are dark grey with irregular black and white spotting and dark fins, reaching about 84 cm. Adults live alone under coral heads and in caves, and juveniles in shallow lagoons.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives galu guruwa, the same name MRS gives the harlequin sweetlips.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Plectorhinchus-pica.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6370&GenusName=Plectorhinchus&Species
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Plectorhinchus_pica_185655090.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Galu guruwa' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.