Species Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål, 1775)
Orangestriped Emperor, Orange-striped Emperor
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC 42, Arabia.- Sciaena ramak Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [52] [objective synonym of Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål 1775) with both names applying to the same taxon].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P49352 dry skin, No locality stated, Red Sea.
Paralectotype(s) ZMUC P49353 dry skin, No locality stated, Red Sea.
Generic Combinations
- Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål, 1775). —
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. [77-78] - Lethrinus ramak (Forsskål, 1775). —
Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [88]
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [212]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rowley Shoals (17°20'S), Scott Reef (14°03'S) and Hibernia Reef (12°01'S), WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S) and Raine Island (11°36'S) to Great Barrier Reef off Townsville (19°16'S), QLD, also Cocos (Keeling) Islands; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [88] (as L. ramak)
- Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [11]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [263]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, rubble bottom, sand bottom marine, weed beds.
Extra Ecological Information
1-30 m.
General References
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [212] (as Lethrinus ramak)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [422] (as Lethrinus ramak)
Common Name References
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. [3038] (FAO) (Orangestriped Emperor)
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. (FAO) (Orange-striped Emperor)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Orangestriped Emperor)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Dec-2012 | 05-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |