Saltwater
Painted sweetlips
Diagramma pictum
Haemulidae, Plectorhinchinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 100 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 21,000 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Djibouti, and 38 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Typically found solitary or in groups, often in turbid water. on open muddy, sandy or silty substrates in protected bays or estuaries, around rock outcrops, wreckage and debris. Also in shallow coastal areas and coral reefs. Juveniles are found in weedy areas. Feeds on benthic invertebrates and fishes. Reportedly ciguatoxic in some areas. Marketed fresh and frozen.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Anthias diagramma
- Chaetodon bilineatus
- Diagramma balteatum
- Diagramma blochii
- Diagramma cinerascens
- Diagramma microlepidotum
In other languages
- Diagramma picta
- Australian slatey, Blackall, Bluey, Greysweetlips, Moke, Morwong, Mother-in-law fish, Painted blubber-lips, Painted sweetlip, Painted sweetlip bream, Painted thick-lipped grunt, Painted thicklip, Pointed sweet lip, Sailfin rubberlip, Slate bream, Slate sweetlips, Slatey sweetlips, Smokey bream, Sweetlip, Sweetlips, Thicklip, Thicklip bream, Yellowdot sweetlips
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.