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Family Order: Perciformes 🍽️ 14 Edible 🎣 13 Game Fish

Lethrinidae

Species
43
Genera
5
Max Length
100 cm
Max Weight
14.0 kg
Avg Trophic
3.67
Threatened
1

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Tanzania
13 spp.
Seychelles
13 spp.
Kenya
13 spp.
Mozambique
13 spp.
Mauritius
11 spp.
Comoros
10 spp.
Eritrea
6 spp.
Djibouti
6 spp.
Tunisia
1 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
220 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
43

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
Least Concern 38
Endangered 1
Data Deficient 3

🐟 Species in Lethrinidae

43 total
Ambon emperor
Lethrinus amboinensis
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic emperor
Lethrinus atlanticus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible
Blackblotch emperor
Lethrinus semicinctus
LC 🌊 Marine
Blackeye emperor
Lethrinus enigmaticus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible
Blacknape large-eye bream
Gymnocranius satoi
LC 🌊 Marine
Blue-lined large-eye bream
Gymnocranius grandoculis
LC 🌊 Marine Game
Blue-spotted large-eye bream
Gymnocranius microdon
LC 🌊 Marine
Chinese emperor
Lethrinus haematopterus
DD 🌊 Marine
Collared large-eye bream
Gymnocranius audleyi
LC 🌊 Marine Game
Drab emperor
Lethrinus ravus
LC 🌊 Marine
Eyebrowed large-eye bream
Gymnocranius superciliosus
LC 🌊 Marine
Forktail large-eye bream
Gymnocranius elongatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Grass emperor
Lethrinus laticaudis
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Game
Grey large-eye bream
Gymnocranius griseus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Game
Gymnocranius Indicus
Gymnocranius indicus
🌊 Marine
Gymnocranius Oblongus
Gymnocranius oblongus
DD 🌊 Marine
Humpnose big-eye bream
Monotaxis grandoculis
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Game
Japanese large-eye bream
Gymnocranius euanus
LC 🌊 Marine
Longface emperor
Lethrinus olivaceus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Game
Longfin emperor
Lethrinus erythropterus
LC 🌊 Marine
Longspine emperor
Lethrinus genivittatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Mitchell's Emperor
Lethrinus mitchelli
DD 🌊 Marine
Orange-spotted emperor
Lethrinus erythracanthus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible
Orange-striped emperor
Lethrinus obsoletus
LC 🌊 Marine