Plectorhinchinae

Plectorhinchinae, is one of two subfamilies of the family Haemulidae, some known colloquially as sweetlips. This subfamily is regarded as having an Old World origin.^[2]

Plectorhinchinae
Lesson's thicklip (Plectorhinchus lessonii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Haemulidae
Subfamily:	Plectorhinchinae Jordan & Thompson, 1912[1]
Genera
see text

Genera

The following genera are included in the Plectorhinchinae:^[3][4][5]

• Diagramma Oken, 1817
• Genyatremus Gill, 1862
• Parapristipoma Bleeker, 1873
• Plectorhinchus Lacépède, 1801

Some authorities place the genus Genyatremus within the Haemulinae,^[6] although both Fishbase and Catalog of Fishes put this genus in the subfamily Plectorhinchinae.^[4][5]