WoRMS taxon details
Lethrinus conchyliatus (Smith, 1959)
212073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212073)
accepted
Species
Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959 · unaccepted
Lethrinus concyliatus (Smith, 1959) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lethrinus floridus Wheeler, 1961 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 17: 285-295, Pls. 20-25. [details]
Description Inhabits deep reefs. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Gonads in spawning state have been observed in October. This...
Description Inhabits deep reefs. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Gonads in spawning state have been observed in October. This species is not well represented in museums due to the relatively large capture size for most specimens (Ref. 2295). Also caught with handlines (Ref. 9775). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lethrinus conchyliatus (Smith, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212073 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 17: 285-295, Pls. 20-25. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits deep reefs. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Gonads in spawning state have been observed in October. This species is not well represented in museums due to the relatively large capture size for most specimens (Ref. 2295). Also caught with handlines (Ref. 9775). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redaxil emperor | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus conchyliatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Lethrinus floridus Wheeler, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Lethrinus concyliatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase images (Lethrinus conchyliatus, Seychelles, by Winterbottom, R.)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethrinus conchyliatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Lethrinus floridus Wheeler, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Lethrinus concyliatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase images (Lethrinus conchyliatus, Seychelles, by Winterbottom, R.)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith, 1959)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
