Ribboned Sweetlip
Plectorhinchus polytaenia
- Usual depth1–53 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Plectorhinchus polytaenia, the ribboned sweetlips, also known as Tesone di mare or yellow-ribbon 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 is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ribboned sweetlips”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–53 m · Deepest record: 64.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Ribboned Sweetlip, Ribboned Sweetlips, Ribbon Sweetlip, Ribbon Sweetlip Bream, Ribbon Sweetlips, Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Goldband-Süßlippe
- Spanish
- Bakoko encintado
- Filipino
- Alatan
- Simplified Chinese
- 色帶胡椒鯛
Other scientific names: Diagramma polytaenia, Plectorhynchus polytaenia
Similar species
- Clown Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
- Harry Hotlips
Plectorhinchus gibbosus
- Blackstriped Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
- painted sweetlip
Plectorhinchus pica
- 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).
- 186 open-data records from 1929 to 2013.
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