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Oblique-banded Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A Oblique-banded Sweetlips at a depth of 5 m, 'The Cod Hole', Great Barrier Reef off Lizard Island, Queensland, June 2002. Photo © E. Schlögl. View larger image.
The Oblique-banded Sweetlips can be recognised by its colouration. It is silvery white with oblique black bands on the body. The median fins are yellow with black spots and the lips are yellow.
It grows to 50 cm in length.
This species occurs in coral reef and inshore tropical areas of the eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.
In Australia it is known from the offshore islands of north-western Western Australia and the northern Great Barrier Reef to southern Queensland.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
The Oblique-banded Sweetlips has also been called the Diagonal-banded Sweetlips, Goldman's Sweetlips, Lined Blubber-lips, Lined Sweetlips and Many-lined Sweetlips. It has been called Plectorhinchus goldmanni in many publications.
Related links
- Gold-spotted Sweetlips fact sheet
- Goldstriped Sweetlips fact sheet
- Magpie Sweetlips fact sheet
- View the Sweetlips list
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Allen, G.R. & R. Swainston. 1988. The Marine Fishes of Northwestern Australia. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 201.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Coral Graphics. Pp. 330.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
