Pink ear emperor (Lethrinus lentjan)

Scientific name: Lethrinus lentjan Lacep?de, 1802

Pink ear emperor (Lethrinus lentjan)

The Pink ear emperor (Lethrinus lentjan) is a brackish-water fish of the family Lethrinidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, widespread, from the Red Sea, Arabian (Persian) Gulf, and East Africa to the Ryukyus and Tonga.

Biology

Inhabits sandy bottoms in coastal areas, deep lagoons and near coral reefs. Juveniles and small adults commonly in loose aggregations over seagrass beds, mangrove swamps and shallow sandy areas while adults are generally solitary in deeper waters. Feeds primarily on crustaceans and mollusks but echinoderms, polychaetes and fishes are also consumed in considerable quantities. A protogynous hermaphrodite.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lethrinus lentjan
Family
Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
52.0
Common length
40.0
Depth range
20–90 m (66–295 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 20 - 90 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: widespread, from the Red Sea, Arabian (Persian) Gulf, and East Africa to the Ryukyus and Tonga.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17-0.27; tm=2-3.8; tmax=15)

Sources

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

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