Lutjanus sebae
Red emperor | Emperor Red Snapper | Emperor Snapper | Government Bream | King Snapper | Redfish | Seba's Snapper
Lutjanus sebae, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Graham Edgar
Lutjanus sebae, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lutjanus sebae, juvenile, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Graham Edgar
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
High body, with distinct red bars on a white body, the first a large oblique bar through eye, second mid body, and third extending obliquely from dorsal fin to lower tail, snout pointed. Large adult entirely pink, but rarely seen as inhabits deeper reefs. Juveniles with dark red or black bars, often commensal amongst sea urchin spines.
Information
Max Size: 116 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.2-31.2°C
Depth: 5-180m
Habitat Generalization Index: 2.23
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 (5.4% 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: Solitary (1 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