Description
Diagonalbanded Sweetlips Plectorhinchus lineatus occurs in the tropical Western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to Ogasawara Islands to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia in a depth range from 1-35m, max. length 72cm but rarely more than 60cm. The species lives solitary or in groups, looking for benthic mollusks and crustaceans and some little fish mainly during night, whilst at day it rests among the rocks and corals. Palau, Micronesia 7°4'58.194 N 134°15'45.21 E at 20m depth.