Yellow-striped sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia)

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia Bleeker, 1855

Yellow-striped sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia)

The Yellow-striped sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia) is a marine fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Western Pacific, Singapore and the Philippines to the Solomon Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18-21; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Blue and yellow striped species. In large adults, the lines become irregular or run angular. Fins bright yellow.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
41.0
Depth range
25 m (82 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 25 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Singapore and the Philippines to the Solomon Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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