Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lethrinidae > Lethrinus > Lethrinus mahsena

Lethrinus mahsena (yellowtailed emperor; Yellow-tailed emperor; Sky emperor; Mahsena emperor; Cutthroat emperor; Emperor; Pigface bream)

Synonyms: Lethrinus abbreviatus; Lethrinus caeruleus; Lethrinus sanguineus; Sciaena mahsena
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Wikipedia Abstract

Lethrinus mahsena, common names the sky emperor, mahsena emperor, and cutthroat emperor, is a species of emperor fish. It grows to 65 cm in length, but is commonly found at 35 to 45 cm. This fish may be yellow to greenish-blue or olive-grey, becoming paler toward the belly. It is a non-migratory, reef-associated fish that has a high commercial value.
View Wikipedia Record: Lethrinus mahsena

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Lethrinus mahsena

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [2]  3 years
Maximum Longevity [1]  27 years

Prey / Diet

Echinometra mathaei (Indo-pacific borer urchin)[3]

Consumers

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
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, 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