Red Snout Emperor, Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes 1830

Summary:

An olive-grey to tan emperor, often with scattered irregular black blotches, a brown or olive head with an indistinct reddish band on the snout, and the upper edge of the operculum, pectoral-fin base sometimes the rear edge of the preoperculum red.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Lethrinus reticulatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5646

Red Snout Emperor, Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes 1830

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Distribution	Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, to off Cape York, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific: Mauritius, Chagos, west Thailand, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines and Northern Marianas to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. Inhabits shallow areas with soft substrates near coral reefs.
Feeding	Feeds on benthic invertebrates and small fishes.
Species Citation	Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons: 298. Type locality: New Guinea.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory

Red Snout Emperor, Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes 1830

References

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Andrawartha, B. & Tuma, D. 2007. Fil-o-Fish Australia, Recrational & Commercial Fish Handbook. Balnarring, Victoria : Candlelight Publishing 623 pp.

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp.

Carpenter, K.E., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. 2016. Lethrinus reticulatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T155115A16722430. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T155115A16722430.en. Accessed on 11 January 2022.

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Lethrinus lentjan)

Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169.