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Lethrinidae
longspine emperor
Lethrinus genivittatus
Changing Sex Beneath the Longest Second Spine
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Indian Ocean
Fusiform
Mediumlongspine emperor is known from Indo-West Pacific as a fish. It occurs in coastal waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lethrinidae
- Genus
- Lethrinus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia (including eastern Indian Ocean side), northwestern Australia, Philippines, southern Japan, Papua New Guinea and the Caroline Islands. This species has long been recognized as Lethrinus nematacanthus and the name Lethrinus genivittatus misassociated with many other species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
