Ornate emperor (Lethrinus ornatus)

Scientific name: Lethrinus ornatus Valenciennes, 1830

Ornate emperor (Lethrinus ornatus)

The Ornate emperor (Lethrinus ornatus) is a marine fish of the family Lethrinidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Body color is dusky whitish, becoming lighter below, with four or six orange stripes. The posterior edges of the operculum and preoperculum are bright red. The head is brown or tan, sometimes with a red spot on the lower front edge of the eye. The pectoral fin is orangish; the pelvic, anal and most of the dorsal fin is whitish. The edge of the dorsal and caudal fin is reddish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lethrinus ornatus
Family
Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range ? - 30 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Sri Lanka to the Ryukyu Islands, Papua New Guinea, and northeast Australia. Reported from Viet Nam but this is probably a misidentification.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4-0.5)

Sources

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

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