Harlequin Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Plectorhinchus
Species: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

The harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) has thick lips; juveniles are brown with white blotches and swim in a wriggling motion, while adults are spotted.

It feeds at night on crustaceans and small fish and rests under ledges by day.

In the Philippines it is found on reefs, with juveniles often near coral heads.