Yellowbanded sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
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A sweetlips from the western Pacific, from the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Adults have diagonal stripes. It exceeds 70 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Plectorhinchus lineatus
- Family
- Haemulidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Haemulidae
- Order
- Eupercaria/misc
- Synonyms
- Diagramma goldmanni, Diagramma haematochir, Diagramma radja, Gaterin gaterinoides, Lutjanus pentagramma, Perca lineata, Plectorhinchus gaterinoides, Plectorhinchus goldmani, Plectorhinchus goldmanni, Plectorhinchus lessonii, Plectorhinchus lineatum, Plectorhynchus gaterinoïdes, Plectorhynchus goldmani, Plectorhynchus goldmanni, Plectorhynchus lineatus
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia, Oceania
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 72 cm
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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