WoRMS taxon details
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978
212077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212077)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sato, T. (1978). A synopsis of the sparoid fish genus Lethrinus, with the description of a new species. <em>Bulletin of the University Museum, University of Tokyo.</em> No. 15: i-v + 1-70, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Description Found over sand and rubble areas of outer reef slopes. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, fish, echinoderms and molluscs. In New...
Description Found over sand and rubble areas of outer reef slopes. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, fish, echinoderms and molluscs. In New Caledonia, spawning peaks are observed in December and a fairly high percentage of gonads in advanced stages of maturity occurs between October and February. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9775). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212077 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Sato, T. (1978). A synopsis of the sparoid fish genus Lethrinus, with the description of a new species. <em>Bulletin of the University Museum, University of Tokyo.</em> No. 15: i-v + 1-70, Pls. 1-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found over sand and rubble areas of outer reef slopes. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, fish, echinoderms and molluscs. In New Caledonia, spawning peaks are observed in December and a fairly high percentage of gonads in advanced stages of maturity occurs between October and February. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9775). [details]
To Barcode of Life (74 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus USNM 405898 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus USNM 431523 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus USNM 405898 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus USNM 431523 lateral view)
To ITIS
