Blue-lined emperor

Lethrinus laticaudis

Saltwater
Least Concern

Max length: 56 cm

Classification

Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family: Lethrinidae
Genus: Lethrinus

Distribution

Indian Ocean, Eastern
Pacific, Western Central

About the blue-lined emperor

Lethrinus laticaudis, the grass emperor, blue-lined emperor, blue-spotted emperor, brown kelp-fish, brown morwong, brown sweetlip, coral bream, grass sweetlip, grey sweetlip, piggy, red throat, red-finned emperor, snapper bream, squire, sweet-lips or tricky snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This fish is found in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

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Where the blue-lined emperor lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

Also known as

Blue-spotted emperor
Brown morwong
Brown sweetlip
Grass sweet-lip
Grass emperor
Grey sweet-lip
Red throat
Bossu
Imperador-das-algas
Gutila
امبراطور العشب
紋鰭裸頰鯛