Species Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker, 1854

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker, P. 1854. Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 455-508 [490].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 3542, Ambon, Indonesia.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lethrinella microdon Valenciennes, 1830 [a misidentification]. —
  Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [220]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broome, WA (17°58'S) to Darwin, NT (130°50'E); tropical, west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, sand bottom marine.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [134]

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3026]

Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [47]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [230] (as Lethrinella microdon, a misidentification)

 

Common Name References

Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [[47], FAO] (Ambon Emperor)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Ambon Emperor)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Dec-2012		19-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED