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Brown Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus gibbosus
Haemulidae [Grunts]
Approx 30 cm [max to 75 cm]
Approx 1 kg
Marine, brackish, freshwater
8 to 20 m
Commercial Fisheries; Gamefish.
Yes but not common. This fish was caught somewhere near Sentosa, Sth of Singapore.
Reefs-associated, estuarines, enters freshwater.
Easily ID by their thick swollen lips. Overall brown in colour.
Dorsal spines:14, rays:15-16 ; Anal spines:3, rays:7-8.
Photo courtesy of '1Angler'
