Orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus)

Scientific name: Lethrinus obsoletus Forssk?l, 1775

Orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus)

The Orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus) is a marine fish of the family Lethrinidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea and East Africa to the Ryukyu Islands, Tonga, and Samoa.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. The body is light tan or olive to brown, becoming lighter below. the centers of the scales are often lighter than the background color. The head, often, has several broad indistinct vertical and diagonal light and dark bands. Sometimes there are white spots below the eye. The posterior edge of the operculum is dark brown. An orange-yellow stripe is on the lower part of the side with two additional more faint orange-yellow stripes above and one below this stripe. The fins are whitish or tan, sometimes mottled.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lethrinus obsoletus
Family
Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Common length
30.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range ? - 30 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Ryukyu Islands, Tonga, and Samoa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=14)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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