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Yellowbanded sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowbanded sweetlips
- Scientific
- Plectorhinchus lineatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 72 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A sweetlips with yellow fins and many dark slanting stripes on a pale body, reaching about 72 cm. It occurs singly or in groups along coral slopes and feeds at night on bottom invertebrates.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Plectorhinchus-lineatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Plectorhinchus_lineatus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.