Ribboned sweetlips

Juveniles have black stripes and live alone on rubble slopes in deep water.

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The Ribboned sweetlips lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 5 - 20 m environment.

The Ribboned sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, a sweetlips of the family Haemulidae, also known as the yellow-ribbon sweetlips, is found in East Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 50 cm. Juveniles have black stripes and live alone on rubble slopes in deep water. More

The Ribboned sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, a sweetlips of the family Haemulidae, also known as the yellow-ribbon sweetlips, is found in East Indo-West Pacific oceans. More

Ribboned sweetlips; Ribbon eel; Ribbon seal; Ribbon snake; Ribbon fish; Ribbon barracudina; Yellowbanded sweetlips; Trout sweetlips; Lemon sweetlip; Minstrel sweetlip; Striped sweetlips; Celebes sweetlips; Oriental sweetlips; Painted sweetlip; Painted sweetlips; Harlequin sweetlips; Giant sweetlips; Crescent sweetlips; Three-ribbon wrasse; More

Common names

Alatan in Bikol
Bakoko in Tagalog
Basingko in Chavacano
Bibigan in Ilokano
Burro listado in Spanish (español)
Daug-daug in Hiligaynon
Diagramme rubanné in French (français)
Gabilan in Waray-waray
Gaterin ruban in French (français)
Goliabao in Tagalog
Gulyabau in Tagalog
Gurayan in Bikol
Isdang sabato in Tagalog
Kaci in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Kano in Davawenyo
Kayoyan in Agutaynen
Kayubibi in Tagalog
Kiskisan in Bikol
Labian in Tagalog
Lanbian in Waray-waray
Lepti in Davawenyo
Lepti in Surigaonon
Lifte in Visayan
Lipti in Cebuano
Lipti in Surigaonon
Manila-manila in Chavacano
Nabilan in Bikol
Olibalay in Bikol
Painted sweetlip in English
Panap-sapan in Surigaonon
Panapsapan in Tagbanwa Calamian
Panirachirawan in Other
Pasing in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Pasingko in Bikol
Ribbon sweetlip bream in English
Ribbon sweetlips in English
Ribboned sweetlips in English
Samaral in Tagalog
Sidingan in Ilokano
Silay in Visayan
Tebal bibir in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Tulisan in Hiligaynon
Yellow-ribbon sweetlips in English
六孔胡椒鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
六孔胡椒鲷 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Haemulidae
Genus : Plectorhinchus
Species : Plectorhinchus polytaenia
Authority : Bleeker, 1852