Lutjanus ehrenbergii
Blackspot snapper | Black-spot Snapper | Ehrenberg's Seaperch | Ehrenberg's Snapper | Lutjanus ehrenbergi
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Silver body with five thin yellow stripes of equal width extending back from the operculum, large black spot on lateral line two-thirds distance along body. Fins yellow and head often dark grey-blue. Similar to L. fulviflamma (Black-spot Snapper), but lacks stripe from eye to snout, and no stripes continue from body onto operculum.
Information
Max Size: 35 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 18.2-30.8°C
Depth: 5-20 m
Habitat Generalization Index: 0.93
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 (2.8% 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 (9 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