Oriental Sweetlips.

The Oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, a sweetlips of the family Haemulidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 85 cm.

Juveniles are striped black. As they age, the black is reduced and become more yellow.. It inhabits coral reefs and feeds on crustaceans, snails, slugs, and worms.

This common name can also refer to the species Plectorhinchus orientalis