Animal Species:Oblique-banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus
(Linnaeus, 1758) The Oblique-banded Sweetlips is a colourful
fish. It is silvery white with oblique black bands on the body.
The species occurs in the eastern Indian Ocean and Western
Pacific Diagonal-banded Sweetlips, Goldman's Sweetlips, Lined
Blubber-lips, Lined Sweetlips, Many-lined Sweetlips 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. The
species grows to 50 cm in length. This species occurs in 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. The map below shows the Australian distribution of
the species based on public sightings and specimens in
Australian Museums. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data It occurs in coral re