WoRMS taxon details
Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 212075
AphiaID: 212075
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lethrinidae (Family) > Lethrininae (Subfamily) > Lethrinus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Lethrinus Cuvier, 1829 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lethrinus abbreviatus Valenciennes, 1830 Lethrinus caeruleus Valenciennes, 1830 Lethrinus sanguineus Smith, 1955 Sciaena mahsena Forsskål, 1775 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] East Africa [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found over reef areas and adjacent sandy and seagrass areas. Feeds mainly on echinoderms (most frequently sea urchins), crustaceans and fishes; molluscs, tunicates, sponges, polychaetes and other worms are consumed in lesser quantities. In most areas of the Red Sea, it is considered an excellent food fish but in certain areas of the Indian Ocean it may have an unpleasant 'coral' smell and taste (Ref. 2295). Utilized fresh for broiling and baking (Ref. 9987). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212075 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212075 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||
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