WoRMS taxon details
Lethrinus enigmaticus Smith, 1959
212072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212072)
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 over seagrass beds, coral reefs and adjacent sandy areas. Feeds mainly on echinoderms, crustaceans, and fish, and to...
Description Found over seagrass beds, coral reefs and adjacent sandy areas. Feeds mainly on echinoderms, crustaceans, and fish, and to a lesser degree on molluscs. Smaller, more numerous females than males have been confirmed for the Saya de Malha population (Ref. 2295). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lethrinus enigmaticus Smith, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212072 on 2026-07-09
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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 over seagrass beds, coral reefs and adjacent sandy areas. Feeds mainly on echinoderms, crustaceans, and fish, and to a lesser degree on molluscs. Smaller, more numerous females than males have been confirmed for the Saya de Malha population (Ref. 2295). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blackeye emperor | [details] |
