Gray fish covered in small dark spots with thick lips and a rounded body.

Harlequin sweetlips

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Where at Shedd?
Wild Reef
Diet Fishes, crustaceans and mollusks
Size Length: Up to 28.3 inches (72 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Lagoons, coral reefs and caves and under ledges in the Indian and West-Central Pacific Oceans
Habitat Coral reefs in the Indian and west-central Pacific Oceans

Did you know?

  1. Juvenile harlequin sweetlips' coloration and movements mimic a poisonous flatworm, offering it protection from predators.