Scientific Name	Plectorhinchus lineatus   Pronounce			by: ©Tao-Jen Kuo
Author	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Depth	1 - 35M
Chinese	條紋胡椒鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	石鱸科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F374　Haemulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	條紋胡椒鯛
Max Length	72 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	花臉仔、打鐵婆、條紋石鱸、嘉誌(臺東)、花圭誌(澎湖)、厚皮老(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	no locality
Synonyms	Diagramma goldmanni, Diagramma haematochir, Diagramma radja, Gaterin gaterinoides, Lutjanus pentagramma, Perca lineata, Plectorhinchus gaterinoides, Plectorhinchus goldmani, Plectorhinchus goldmanni, Plectorhinchus lessonii, Plectorhinchus lineatum, Plectorhynchus gaterinoïdes, Plectorhynchus goldmani ...all 15..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0055747. ASIZP0058589. ASIZP0058715. ASIZP0700084. ASIZP0802571. ASIZP0912571. NMMBP00968. NMMBP02111. NMMBP06255. NMMBP06256. NMMBP06257. NMMBP06258. NMMBP06259. NMMBP06466. NMMBP06467. NMMBP06468. NMMBP06632. NMMBP06657. NMMSTP00166. NTMP1340. NTOUP200712-131. NTUM06226. NTUM06227. NTUM06228.
Common Name	Sweetlips; Yellowband sweetlip; Yellow-banded sweetlips; Yellowbanded sweetlips; Diagonal-banded sweetlips; Lined sweetlips; Grunt
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XII-XIII,18-20; anal-fin rays III, 7-8; pectoral-fin rays17. Chin with 6 pores and no median pit containing a pore on each side; chin naked, frequently swollen with age; no antrorse spine; swimbladder without horn-like extensions anteriorly. Horizontal or diagonal bands occurs on both juvenile and adult; numbers increase by age; adult with about 20 black diagonal bands on back. Fins yellow with black spots.
habitats	Found in deep inner to outer reef habitats. Occurs singly or in aggregations along coral slopes of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juvenile solitary on shallow protected reefs. Feeds on benthic invertebrates in open sand flats and seagrass beds at night.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Ryukyu Islands south to Micronesia, Philippines and Indonesia. Taiwan: South, Penghu, Lanyu, Lyudao, East.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.