Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lethrinidae > Lethrinus > Lethrinus laticaudis

Lethrinus laticaudis (Blue-lined emperor; Blue-spotted emperor; Brown kelp-fish; Coral bream; Grass emperor; Grass sweetlip; Grey sweetlip; Piggy; Red-finned emperor; Red-throat; Snapper bream; Squire; Sweet-lips; Emperor; Pigface bream)

Synonyms: Lethrinus anarhynchus; Lethrinus fletus; Lethrinus lacticaudis
Language: Creole, English; Gela; Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Lethrinus laticaudis, the Grass emperor, is a species of emperor native to the western Pacific Ocean where they occur on coral reefs at depths of from 5 to 35 metres (16 to 115 ft). Juveniles inhabit beds of sea grass and also in mangrove swamps. It can reach a length of 56 centimetres (22 in) TL though most do not exceed 35 centimetres (14 in). This species is commercially important and is also popular as a game fish.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lethrinitrema fleti[1]
Pseudoplagioporus tropicus[2]

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 2Gibson, 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