Family : Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Minstrel sweetlip
Fish Name : Plectorhinchus schotaf
Max size : 80.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range - 80 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: eastern Africa south to Port St. Johns, South Africa and east to the western Pacific.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found around rocks and corals from the surf zone to a depth of 80 m (Ref. 2799). Enters estuaries and rivers in Seychelles, Madagascar and South Africa (Ref. 2135). Juveniles occur in tide pools (Ref. 9710)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984. (Ref. 559)

India country information
Common Names : हरविळ, Grey sweetlip, Harvil
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses