Lethrinus nebulosus

Lethrinus nebulosus
A Lethrinus nebulosus specimen collected off Ilot Signal (off Nouméa), New Caledonia in 2006. It has an overall fork length of 42.2 cm, and weighs 1,400 g. Note that this fish has been speared.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lethrinidae
Genus: Lethrinus
Species:
L. nebulosus
Binomial name
Lethrinus nebulosus
(Forsskål, 1775) [2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Sciaena nebulosa Forsskål, 1775
  • Sparus choerorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Lethrinus choerorynchus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Lethrinus maculatus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus erythrurus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus gothofredi Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus korely Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus centurio Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus esculentus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus karwa Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus alboguttatus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus fasciatus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus fraenatus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Lethrinus cyanoxanthus Richardson, 1843
  • Lethrinus anatarius Richardson, 1845
  • Lethrinus guentheri Bleeker, 1873
  • Lethrinus aurolineatus Macleay, 1882
  • Lethrinus carinatus Weber, 1913
  • Lethrinus devisianus Whitley, 1929
  • Lethrinus perselectus Whitley, 1933

Lethrinus nebulosus, the spangled emperor, green snapper, morwong, north-west snapper, sand bream, sand snapper, sixteen-pounder, sharie, sheri and yellow sweetlip, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found the Indo-West Pacific region.

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Lethrinus nebulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16720181A16722360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16720181A16722360.en. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lethrinus nebulosus". FishBase. October 2023 version.