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Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978 
AphiaID: 212077

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
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English spotcheek emperor  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Caligus lethrinicola Boxshall & El-Rashidy, 2009 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found over sand and rubble areas of outer reef slopes. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, fish, echinoderms and molluscs. In New Caledonia, spawning peaks are observed in December and a fairly high percentage of gonads in advanced stages of maturity occurs between October and February. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9775). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212077
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978. 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=212077 on 2013-05-23
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