Lutjanus sebae

Lutjanus sebae
At uShaka Marine World, Durban
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species:
L. sebae
Binomial name
Lutjanus sebae
(G. Cuvier, 1816)
Synonyms[2]
  • Diacope sebae G. Cuvier, 1816
  • Diacope siamensis Valenciennes, 1830
  • Diacope civis Valenciennes, 1831
  • Genyoroge regia De Vis, 1884

Lutjanus sebae, also known as red emperor, emperor red snapper, emperor snapper, government bream, king snapper, queenfish or red kelp, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Russell, B.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Lawrence, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; Myers, R. (2016). "Lutjanus sebae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T194343A2316689. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T194343A2316689.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lutjanus sebae". FishBase. February 2021 version.