Animal Diversity Web

Plectorhinchus vittatus

Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips

(Also: Oriental blubber-lips)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Haemulidae (Grunts)
        
        Genus Plectorhinchus
        
        Species Plectorhinchus vittatus (Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips)