Saltwater
Yellowbanded sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
Haemulidae, Plectorhinchinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 72 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 7,841 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, China, Guam, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and 13 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Found in deep inner to outer reef habitats. Occurs singly or in aggregations along coral slopes of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles solitary on shallow protected reefs. Generally nocturnal, feeding on benthic invertebrates in open sand flats and seagrass beds at night and conspicuously rests during the day. At Palau, it aggregates to spawn around new moon. Taken by handline and spear. Marketed fresh, a small quantity is salted. Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Diagramma goldmanni
- Diagramma haematochir
- Diagramma radja
- Gaterin gaterinoides
- Lutjanus pentagramma
- Perca lineata
In other languages
- Goldmans gryntefisk, Gulbåndet gryntefisk
- Blackstriped sweetlips, Diagonal-banded sweetlips, Goldman's sweetlips, Grunt, Lined blubber-lips, Lined sweetlips, Many-lined sweetlips, Oblique-banded sweetlips, Obliquebanded thicklip, Silver-banded sweetlips, Striped sweetlip, Sweetlips, Yellow-banded sweetlips, Yellowband sweetlip
Articles
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Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.