Lethrinus atkinsoni
Pacific yellow-tail emperor | Atkinson's Emperor | Pacific Yellowtail Emperor | Sky Emperor | Tricky Snapper | Yellow Morwong | Yellowbrow Emperor
Lethrinus atkinsoni, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lethrinus atkinsoni, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lethrinus atkinsoni, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lethrinus atkinsoni, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
Lethrinus atkinsoni, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lethrinus atkinsoni, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Similar Species
Same Genus
Distribution
Temperate Australasia, Temperate northern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
High body with steeply sloping head, yellow tail, yellow mark above eye, sometimes with broad yellow stripe along body. Amount of yellow on tail base and continuing onto body otherwise variable.
Information
Max Size: 50 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 21.4-31.6°C
Depth: 2-30 m
Habitat Generalization Index: 11.21
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: Infrequent (7.6% 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: Few (3 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