Blackstriped Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
- Usual depth7–10 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Plectorhinchus lineatus, also known as the yellowbanded sweetlips, oblique-banded sweetlips, diagonal-banded sweetlips, Goldman's sweetlips, lined blubber-lips, lined sweetlips, many-lined sweetlips, striped sweetlips and yellowband sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts. It inhabits coral reefs of the western Pacific Ocean, where it occurs at depths from 1 to 35 m.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 29 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–10 m · Deepest record: 104.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackstriped Sweetlips, Diagonal-banded Sweetlips, Many-lined Sweetlips, Oblique-banded Sweetlips, Silver-banded Sweetlips, yellowbanded sweetlip, Yellowbanded sweetlips
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Diagramme à bandes diagonales, Gaterin à bandes diagonales
- Japanese
- Ayakoshodai, アヤコショウダイ, シマコショウダイ
Other scientific names: Diagramma goldmanni, Diagramma haematochir, Diagramma radja, Gaterin gaterinoides, Lutjanus pentagramma, Perca lineata, Plectorhinchus gaterinoides, Plectorhinchus goldmani, Plectorhinchus goldmanni, Plectorhinchus lineatum, Plectorhynchus gaterinoïdes, Plectorhynchus goldmani, Plectorhynchus goldmanni, Plectorhynchus lineatus
Similar species
- Clown Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
- Harry Hotlips
Plectorhinchus gibbosus
- painted sweetlip
Plectorhinchus pica
- Ribboned Sweetlip
Plectorhinchus polytaenia
- Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus
- Two-stripe sweetlips
Plectorhinchus albovittatus
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).
- 517 open-data records from 1940 to 2023.
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