Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lethrinidae > Lethrinus > Lethrinus microdon

Lethrinus microdon (Longface emperor; Longnosed emperor; Long-nosed emperor; Small tooth emperor; Smalltooth emperor; Small-tooth emperor; Small-toothed emperor; Smalltoothed pigface bream; Emperor; Pigface bream; Starry pigface bream; Long face emperor)

Synonyms: Lethrinella microdon; Lethrinus acutus; Lethrinus elongatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Lethrinus microdon is a species of emperor fish. It is a marine fish, bluish-grey or brown in colour with pale or somewhat orange fins. This species is reef-associated and is often found in small schools, occasionally with Lethrinus olivaceus at depths of 10 to 80 metres. It is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific and other waters. This species is caught commercially and is considered to be an excellent food fish.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hamacreadium mutabile[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, 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