Painted Sweetlips
The below fish was caught off Singapore Changi during his offshore fishing trip on 14/7/02
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Painted sweetlips
Kachi[hokkien]
Diagramma pictum
Haemulidae [Grunts]
29 cm(refer to top fish} [Max to 100 cm FL]
9.2 cm
308 gm [max to 6.3 kg]
Marine
1 to 170 m
Coral reefs & shallow coastal waters.
Low price.
Yes.
Long & narrow caudal peduncle. Juveniles have stripes instead of spots as they are all fused together. 

Below fish photo, courtesy of Anthony Wong from http:/www.geocities.com/anthony_wm/fishsiao
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