Blue-banded Sea-perch

Lutjanus quinquelineatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth2–90 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsSeptember, October, and December
How commonOccasional

About this species

Lutjanus quinquelineatus, the five-lined snapper, blue-striped snapper, blue-banded sea-perch, five-lined seaperch or gold-striped sea-perch, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 18 records
February: 8 records
March: 13 records
April: 7 records
May: 14 records
June: 18 records
July: 7 records
August: 35 records
September: 55 records
October: 59 records
November: 15 records
December: 40 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–90 m · Deepest record: 128 m

0–10 m: 172 records
10–20 m: 12 records
20–30 m: 14 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 8 records
50–60 m: 8 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 30 records
80–90 m: 33 records
90–100 m: 35 records
100–110 m: 6 records
110+ m: 10 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 59 records
26–28 °C: 122 records
28–30 °C: 36 records

Names and classification

English: Blue-banded Sea-perch, Blue-striped Snapper, Five-lined Seaperch, Fivelined Seaperch, Five-lined snapper, Five Lined Snapper, Five-line Snapper, Fiveline Snapper, Gold-striped Sea-perch, Tropical Snapper

Names in 6 more languages

German: Fünflinien-Schnapper
Spanish: Pargo de cinco lineas, Pargo de cinco líneas
French: Lutjan à cinq bandes bleues, Lutjan cinq lignes, Perche à raies bleues, Vivaneau à cinq bandes, Vivaneau à cinq lignes, Vivaneau à cinq raies bleues, Vivaneau à cinq raies bleues, Vivaneau à cinq bandes
Japanese: Rokusenfuedai, ロクセンフエダイ
Thai: ปลากะพงเหลืองห้าเส้น
Simplified Chinese: 五線笛鯛, 赤筆仔

Other scientific names: Diacope decemlineata, Diacope spilura, Genyoroge grammica, Grammistes quinquevittatus, Holocentrus quinquelinearis, Holocentrus quinquelineatus, Lutianus quinquelineatus, Lutianus spilurus, Lutjanus spilurus

Similar species

Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Twinspot snapper
Lutjanus bohar
Blacktail snapper
Lutjanus fulvus
Humpback snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
Common bluestripe snapper
Lutjanus kasmira
Bigeye snapper
Lutjanus lutjanus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,037 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.

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