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Lethrinidae
slender emperor
Lethrinus variegatus
Two dark stripes on brown grey skin
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumslender emperor is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lethrinidae
- Genus
- Lethrinus
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Ryukyu Islands and New Caledonia. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ). Also reported from French Polynesian islands (Ref. 4795 ) but this is a misidentification of Lethrinus rubrioperculatus (Ref. 2295 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
