Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus lineatus
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)  
Depth: 10-140 ft. (3-43 m)
Distribution: Asian Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Eupercaria (Order)
      └Haemulidae (Family)
       └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
        └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
         └P. lineatus (Species)

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