Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

Harlequin sweetlips
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Plectorhinchus
Species:
P. chaetodonoides
Binomial name
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Synonyms
  • Gaterin chaetodonoides (Lacépède, 1801)

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, the harlequin sweetlips, clown sweetlips, spotted sweetlips or many-spotted sweetlips, 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 Indo-Pacific region. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.