WoRMS taxon details

Lethrinus conchyliatus (Smith, 1959)

212073  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212073)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 17: 285-295, Pls. 20-25. [details] 
Description Inhabits deep reefs. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Gonads in spawning state have been observed in October. This...  
Description Inhabits deep reefs. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Gonads in spawning state have been observed in October. This species is not well represented in museums due to the relatively large capture size for most specimens (Ref. 2295). Also caught with handlines (Ref. 9775). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Lethrinus conchyliatus (Smith, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212073 on 2024-11-20
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description (of Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 17: 285-295, Pls. 20-25. [details] 

basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Inhabits deep reefs. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Gonads in spawning state have been observed in October. This species is not well represented in museums due to the relatively large capture size for most specimens (Ref. 2295). Also caught with handlines (Ref. 9775). [details]
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English redaxil emperor  [details]