Species Lethrinus ravus Carpenter & Randall, 2003

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• Lethrinus ravus Carpenter, K.E. & Randall,J.E. 2003. Lethrinus ravus, a new species of emperor fish (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Zootaxa 240: 1-8 [3, fig. 1b].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 27109, off Kinda Reef, north-east coast of New Caledonia.
  Paratype(s) AM I.42658-001; BPBM 22263; BPBM 27070; NSMT P 66334; USNM 372781-37282; WAM P.32329-001.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°13'S) and Lizard Island (14°40'S) to Davies Reef, (18°49'S), QLD; tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [279]

 

Common Name References

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