WoRMS taxon details
Lethrinus crocineus Smith, 1959
212082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212082)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 17: 285-295, Pls. 20-25. [details]
Description Found in coastal waters and reef areas (Ref. 2295).
Description Found in coastal waters and reef areas (Ref. 2295). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lethrinus crocineus Smith, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212082 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 17: 285-295, Pls. 20-25. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in coastal waters and reef areas (Ref. 2295). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | yellowtail emperor | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus crocineus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus crocineus FIN030553 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus crocineus FIN030554 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus crocineus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus crocineus FIN030553 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus crocineus FIN030554 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
