Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lethrinidae > Lethrinus > Lethrinus lentjan

Lethrinus lentjan (Yellowbrow emperor; Silver spotted sea bream; Saburbir emperor; Redspot emperor fish; Red-spot emperor; Redspot emperor; Red spot emperor; Purple-headed emperor; Purple-eared emperor; Pink-eared emperor; Pink ear emperor; Pinkear emperor; Pig-face bream; Bridled Pigface-bream; Emperor; Pigface bream)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Lethrinus lentjan is a species of emperor fish. It has a distinctive blood-red colouration around the margin of the gill covers. It is widespread around the Indo-West Pacific, and is reef-associated. This species is fished commercially and for sport.
View Wikipedia Record: Lethrinus lentjan

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years
Male Maturity [2]  3 years 6 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Nybelinia lingualis[3]
Pseudoplagioporus interruptus[3]
Pseudoplagioporus tropicus[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0