Diagramma punctatum

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| taxon = Diagramma punctatum

| authority = Cuvier, 1830

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Diagramma punctatum is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the family Haemulidae. This species attains a maximum total length of {{cvt|35|cm}}.{{Fishbase|Diagramma|punctatum|month=February|year=2021}} It is found in the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Socotra. This species was first formally described in 1830 by Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as the Red Sea.{{Cof genus | genus = Diagramma | access-date = 14 April 2021}} The specific name means “spotted” and refers to the spots on the heads of the adults and subadults.{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/lutjaniformes/ | title = Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor-first1 = Christopher | editor-last1 = Scharpf | editor-first2 = Kenneth J. | editor-last2 = Lazara | date = 5 January 2021 | accessdate = 14 April 2021 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | archive-date = 12 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210412135037/https://etyfish.org/lutjaniformes/ | url-status = dead }}