Yellow-Banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) - Marine Life - Liveaboard Diving

Yellow-Banded Sweetlips

The Yellow-Banded Sweetlips or Oblique-Banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) is a medium-size bony fish found on many reefs around the Indo-Pacific region. It's often seen from quite shallow water down to depths of 30-40 metres. It's not to be confused with the Oriental Sweetlips, which has more-defined & horizontal stripes.

Yellow-Banded Sweetlips Plectorhinchus lineatus
Scientific Rank
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata (Chordates)
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes (Perch-Like Fish)
Family:Haemulidae (Haemulidae)
Genus:Plectorhinchus (Plectorhinchus)
Species:Plectorhinchus lineatus
Size
Average Size:70 centimetres

No Troubles Just Bubbles divers who recently spotted Yellow-Banded Sweetlips

(4) - No Troubles Just Bubbles divers have spotted Yellow-Banded Sweetlips on a liveaboard trip

Ola
Spotted in: Thailand Thailand
Liveaboard: MV Pawara
Destinations: Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock
When: Feb 2026
Anna Maria
Spotted in: Thailand Thailand
Liveaboard: MV Pawara
Destinations: Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock
When: Feb 2025
Michelle
Spotted in: Thailand Thailand
Liveaboard: Manta Queen 7
Destinations: Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock, Boonsung Wreck
When: Apr 2023
Joel Rajesh
Spotted in: Thailand Thailand
Liveaboard: Andaman
Destinations: Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock
When: Apr 2022

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