Lethrinus rubrioperculatus

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Lethrinus rubrioperculatus
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus JNC1122 - MNHN 2006-1325.JPG
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Lethrinidae
Genus: Lethrinus
Species:
L. rubrioperculatus
Binomial name
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus
Sato, 1978 [2] [3]

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus,the spotcheek emperor, red-eared emperor, red-ears, red-edged emperor, scarlet-cheek emperor, and spot cheek emperor, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors or emperor breams. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

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Description

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus grows to and is brown or olive-grey in colour. It has small, scattered blotches that are irregular in chape. The Body depth 2.94 to 3.18 times in standard length. Body color is olive-gray or brown, with scattered irregular small black blotches. There is normally a red spot present on the top edge of the operculum. [4] The lips are normally red. The fins are pinkish or pale in colour. [5]

Distribution

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus is found in numerous locations, including East African waters, southern Japan and Taiwan, the Marquesas Islands, New Caledonia [6] [7] and the northern half of Australia. [4] [8]

Habitat

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus lives over sandy bottoms, in areas where rubble is present, and along the slopes of outer reefs. [4] Although reef-associated, Lethrinus rubrioperculatus also occurs at depths of up to 160 metres, much deeper than most other species in this genus. [9] This species is non-migratory. [5]

Diet

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus eats mostly crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, and other fishes. [4]

Human uses

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus is caught commercially. [4]

Parasites

Calydiscoides euzeti, a monogenean parasite of L. rubrioperculatus Calydiscoides euzeti.jpg
Calydiscoides euzeti , a monogenean parasite of L. rubrioperculatus

Lethrinus rubrioperculatus, as in most fish, is the host of many species of parasites. [11] Monogeneans parasitic on the gills include the diplectanid Calydiscoides euzeti , [10] the ancyrocephalids Lethrinitrema gibbus and Lethrinitrema dossenus [12] and several capsalids. [11] Copepods parasitic on the gills include the caligid Caligus lethrinicola [13] and the lernanthropid Sagum vespertilio. [11] The gills also harbour unidentified gnathiid isopod larvae. [11] The digestive tract harbours an unidentified Acanthocephala, [11] unidentified tetraphyllid cestodes, [11] species of the anisakid nematode Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris), [14] and a variety of digeneans, including the acanthocolpid Stephanostomum aaravi, [15] the hemiurid Lecithochirium sp. and Tubulovesicula angusticauda, [11] the opecoelid Pseudoplagioporus interruptus [11] and three other opecoelids. [11] The abdominal cavity contains two species of larval tetrarhynch cestodes, the otobothriid Otobothrium parvum [11] and the tentaculariid Nybelinia goreensis. [11] In New Caledonia, where its parasites were particularly studied, Lethrinus rubrioperculatus has a total of twenty species of parasites. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ Sato, T. (1978). Synopsis of the Sparoid Fish Genus Lethrinus, with the Description of a New Species. Bulletin No.15A Tokyo: The University Museum, The University of Tokyo.
  3. ↑ Nicolas Baillie (2008). "Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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  6. ↑ Laboute, P. & Grandperrin, R. (2000). Poissons de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa, New Caledonia: Éditions Catherine Ledru.
  7. ↑ Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011: Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie), 4, 341–463.
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  14. ↑ Moravec, F. & Justine, J.-L. 2012: Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) etelidis n. sp (Nematoda, Anisakidae), a new ascaridoid nematode from lutjanid fishes off New Caledonia. Zoosystema, 34, 113-121. doi : 10.5252/z2012n1a4
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