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Lethrinus  Cuvier, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169130

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): emperors [English]
  
    porgies [English]
  
    scavengers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                         OrderPerciformes  -- perch-like fishes  
                            SuborderPercoidei   
                               FamilyLethrinidae  -- emperor breams, emperors, pigface breams, porgies, rudderfishes, scavengers, sweetlips  
                                  SubfamilyLethrininae   
                                     GenusLethrinus Cuvier, 1829 -- emperors, porgies, scavengers  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker, 1854 -- amboina porgy, Ambon emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1910 -- Pacific yellowtail emperor, reticulated emperor, tricky snapper, yellow morwong 
                                        Species Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- Atlantic emperor, Atlantic scavenger 
                                        Species Lethrinus borbonicus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- snubnose emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus conchyliatus (Smith, 1959) -- redaxil emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus crocineus Smith, 1959 -- yellowtail emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus ehrenbergii Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
                                        Species Lethrinus enigmaticus Smith, 1959 -- blackeye emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus erythracanthus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- orange-spotted emperor, yellow-spotted emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- longfin emperor, Mozambique emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus geniguttatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
                                        Species Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- lancer, longspine emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus haematopterus Temminck and Schlegel, 1844 -- Chinese emperor, Japanese scavenger 
                                        Species Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775) -- blackspot emperor, thumbprint emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus laticaudis Alleyne and Macleay, 1877 -- brown kelp-fish, coral bream, grass emperor, grass sweetlip, grey sweetlip, piggy, red-finned emperor, red-throat, snapper bream 
                                        Species Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802) -- pig-face bream, pink ear emperor, purple-eared emperor, redspot emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål, 1775) -- sky emperor, yellowtailed emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- smalltooth emperor, smalltoothed pigface bream 
                                        Species Lethrinus miniatus (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- lipper, longnosed emperor, red-throated emperor, sweetlip, tricky snapper, trumpet emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) -- blue emperor, Nor'-West snapper, sand snapper, spangled emperor, yellow sweetlip 
                                        Species Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål, 1775) -- orange-striped emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus olivaceus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- longface emperor, longnose emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus ornatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- ornate emperor, yellow-striped emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus ravus Carpenter and Randall, 2003  
                                        Species Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- red snout emperor, reticulated emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978 -- red-ears, red-gilled emperor, spotcheek emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus semicinctus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- black blotch emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 -- slender emperor, veriegated emperor 
                                        Species Lethrinus xanthochilus Klunzinger, 1870 -- yellowlip emperor 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Lethrinus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Carpenter, Kent E., and Gerald R. Allen  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Emperor Fishes and Large-Eye Breams of the World (Family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Lethrinid species known to date.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 9   
  Page(s): 118   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102889-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinus   
       

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