Lethrinus mahsena

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Found over reef areas and adjacent sandy and seagrass areas (Ref. 30573).

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,214 meters (0 to -17,106 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds mainly on echinoderms (most frequently sea urchins), crustaceans and fishes ; mollusks, tunicates , sponges, polychaetes and other worms are consumed in lesser quantities.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lethrinus abbreviatus Valenciennes • Lethrinus caeruleus Valenciennes • Lethrinus sanguineus Smith • Sciaena mahsena Forsskål

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jul-1993

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lethrinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. amboinensis (Ambon Emperor) · L. atkinsoni (Pacific Yellowtail Emperor) · L. atlanticus (Atlantic Electric Ray) · L. borbonicus (Snubnose Emperor) · L. chrysostomus (Redmouthed Emperor) · L. cocosensis (Smith's Pigface Bream) · L. conchyliatus (Smith's Pigface Bream) · L. crocineus (Yellowtail Damselfish) · L. enigmaticus (Blackened Butterflyfish) · L. erythracanthus (Yellow-Spotted Chromis) · L. erythropterus (Tail-Saddled Emperor) · L. flavescens (Redfinned Emperor) · L. genivittatus (Lancer) · L. haematopterus (Japanese Scavenger) · L. harak (Black-Blotch Emperor) · L. haematopterus (Yelowspotted Emperor) · L. laticaudis (Brown Kelp-Fish) · L. lentjan (Bridled Pigface-Bream) · L. mahsena (Cutthroat Emperor) · L. mahseng (Kafue Killifish) · L. microdon (Longface Emperor) · L. miniatus (Emperor) · L. nebulosus (Blue Emperor) · L. nematacanthus (Lancer) · L. obsoletus (Orange Striped Emperor) · L. olivaceus (Pig Face Bream Emperor) · L. ornatus (Yellow-Striped Emperor) · L. punctulatus (Australian Devilray) · L. ramak (Yellowbanded Pigface Bream) · L. ravus (Drab Emperor) · L. reticulatus (Redsnout Emperor) · L. rubrioperculatus (Scarlet-Cheek Emperor) · L. semicinctus (Black Blotch Emperor) · L. striatus (Klunzinger's Emperor) · L. variegatus (Scavenger) · L. xanthochilus (Klunzinger´s Emperor) · L. olivaceus (Docked Snailfish)

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Further Reading

• An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 153, p. 39.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 19.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 122, p. 53, p. 54, p. 55.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 231.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 270.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 463.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1859. url p. 463.
• Check-list of species of fishes known from the PhilippineArchipelago, by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1910. url p. 31.
• Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 31.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 215, p. 53.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 309, p. 600, p. 601, p. 610, p. 722, p. 859, p. 887, p. 892, p. 893.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 46.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 936.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 481.
• The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. [By David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale]. .. 1906 Washington, Government print off., 1906. url p. 270.
• The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 235.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 8 1961 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 143.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• Randall, John E. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3864138
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23894
• Fishbase Species ID: 1843
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837488
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169141
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115242

Footnotes

1. Mean = -1,276.970 meters (-4,189.534 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,824.720 based on 66 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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