Lethrinus nebulosus

Lethrinus nebulosus, WA, Australia, Photo: Jemina Stuart-Smith

Lethrinus nebulosus, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith

Lethrinus nebulosus, juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar

Lethrinus nebulosus, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith

Lethrinus nebulosus, Lord Howe Is, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw

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Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific

Description

Slightly concave upper head profile, blue streaks on face, rows of blue scales appearing as spots along body. Juveniles with yellow tail and yellow-stripes on belly. More common than similar L. laticaudis (Grass Emperor) and L. lentjan (Redspot Emperor), the former differing in head profile, and the latter with red blotch on the margin of the operculum.

Information

Max Size: 87 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 17.4-31.1°C

Depth: 10-75m

Habitat Generalization Index: 12.34

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.

Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Frequent (10.1% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Several (5 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.

Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland

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Further Information

Atlas of Living Australia IUCN Red List FishBase