Species Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1830

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169. [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 9085, New Guinea.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lethrinus lentjan (Lacépède, 1802) [misidentification]. —
  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [203]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Distribution in Australia not well documented; tropical, west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually taken by trawl

 

General References

Andrawartha, B. & Tuma, D. 2007. Fil-o-Fish Australia, Recrational & Commercial Fish Handbook. Balnarring, Victoria : Candlelight Publishing 623 pp. [147] (photo from Australia and distribution)

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. [81]

 

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. [3041] (Redsnout Emperor)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		01-Feb-2012	ADDED