Striped Sweetlips

Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus lessonii
Family: Sweetlips - Haemulidae
Maximum Size: 48cm
Identification: White with 4-5 brown stripes on upper body, white unmarked lower body, yellow lips; broken lines on head, spots on yellowish dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward reefs to 35m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Malaysian Peninsula and S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.