---
title: "Oblique-banded Sweetlips"
description: "Plectorhinchus lineatus — Ryby. Plectorhinchus lineatus, also known as the yellowbanded sweetlips, oblique-banded sweetlips, diagonal-banded sweetlips, Goldman's sweetlips, lined blubber-lips, lined sweetlips, many-lined sweetlips, striped sweetlips and yellowband sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/oblique-banded-sweetlips
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oblique-banded Sweetlips

> Plectorhinchus lineatus — Ryby. Plectorhinchus lineatus, also known as the yellowbanded sweetlips, oblique-banded sweetlips, diagonal-banded sweetlips, Goldman's sweetlips, lined blubber-lips, lined sweetlips, many-lined sweetlips, striped sweetlips and yellowband sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts.

- Scientific name: *Plectorhinchus lineatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1341
- Wikidata: [Q1967430](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1967430)
- iNaturalist taxon: [134158](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/134158)

## Names

- en: Oblique-banded Sweetlips
- de: Diagonal-Süßlippe
- es: Bakoko de líneas amarillas
- fr: Gaterin à lignes

## Countries with the most observations

ID (439), NC (264), AU (48), PH (42), PW (29), MY (25), PG (16), TL (15), SB (10), FM (6), TW (3)

## Summary

Plectorhinchus lineatus, also known as the yellowbanded sweetlips, oblique-banded sweetlips, diagonal-banded sweetlips, Goldman's sweetlips, lined blubber-lips, lined sweetlips, many-lined sweetlips, striped sweetlips and yellowband sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts. It inhabits coral reefs of the western Pacific Ocean, where it occurs at depths from 1 to 35 m (3.3 to 114.8 ft).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectorhinchus_lineatus

## Photo

![Oblique-banded Sweetlips](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oblique-banded-sweetlips/medium.jpg)

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249985349

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oblique-banded-sweetlips?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).