Lethrinus | |
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Orange-striped Emperor (L. obsoletus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Lethrinidae |
Genus: | Lethrinus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Type species | |
Sparus choerorynchus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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Lethrinus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. These fishes are mostly found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, with a single species in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.