The five-lined snapper,Lutjanus quinquelineatus, is a species of snapper found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Diacope decemlineata Valenciennes, 1830 |
synonym | Diacope spilura Bennett, 1833 |
synonym | Genyoroge grammica Day, 1871 |
synonym | Genyoroge notata sexlineatus Saville-Kent, 1893 |
synonym | Genyoroge notata sublineata De Vis, 1884 |
synonym | Grammistes quinquevittatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
synonym | Holocentrus quinquelinearis Bloch, 1790 |
synonym | Holocentrus quinquelineatus Bloch, 1790 |
synonym | Lutianus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) |
synonym | Lutianus spilurus (Bennett, 1833) |
synonym | Lutjanus spilurus (Bennett, 1833) |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
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Brief
Marine
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Diagnostic Keys
Five stripes on side.
Belly not abruptly whitish and without thin lines.
Scale rows on cheeks 10 or 11.
Upper pectoral rays pale.
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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
A small, robust snapper with a prominent notch on rear edge of preopercle. Vomerine teeth in a narrow ^ shaped patch, without a median projection; gillrakers on first gill arch 7+1+11 or 12 (including rudiments). Caudal fin emarginate; lateral line scales 48 to 50; longitudinal scale rows ascending obliquely above lateral line and running horizontally below it; predorsal scales beginning at mid-interorbital space; preopercle with 9 or 10 scale rows, including those on lower border.
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Dorsal profile of head steeply sloped. Preorbital width usually less than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob well developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally bright yellow, including fins, with a series of blue stripes on the side. A round black spot, about the size of the eye or larger, is below the anterior most soft dorsal rays, touching the lateral line but mostly above it.
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Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
References
Original Published Description: Holocentrus quinquelineatus Bloch, 1790, Naturg.Ausländ.Fische, 4:84 (Japan).
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📚 Natural History
Life Expectancy
Max reported age: 31 years.
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Size
Max length : 38.0 cm TL male/unsexed.
Common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed.
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Max Length
38 TL (unsexed)
Size
38.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. reported age: 31 years
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Morphology
Dorsal fin with 10 spines and 13 or 14 soft rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 8 soft rays; upper part of head brownish; sides and belly bright yellow; a series of 5 bright blue stripes on sides; a round black spot, eye-sized or larger, below anteriormost soft dorsal rays at level of lateral line; fins yellow.
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Trophic Strategy
Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans.
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Inhabits sheltered lagoons and exposed, outer slope coral reefs . Frequently encountered in large aggregations including 100 or more individuals. Juveniles solitary and shallow in protected bays with algae and rubble substrates; large adults form small aggregations at moderate depths, usually in 30-40 m. Form large schools in some Pacific locations . Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans . Also Ref. 58652.
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Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
This tropical fish inhabits sheltered lagoons and exposed outer slope coral reefs. Frequently encountered in large aggregations inlcuding 100 or more individuals. Juveniles solitary and shallow in protected bays with algae and rubble substrates; large adults form small aggregations at moderate depths, usually in 30-40 m. Form large schools in some Pacific locations.
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Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 40 m
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Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Widespread in the Indo-Pacific from the Fiji Islands to the Gulf of Oman and the “Gulf”, and from Australia to southern Japan. This species has been referred to as Lutjanus spilurus.
Range: 35°N - 37°S, 42°E - 176°W.
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Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to Fiji, north to southern Japan. This species has been referred to as Lutjanus spilurus.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Harmless to humans.
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Conservation Status
Not Evaluated.
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Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Fisheries: commercial.
Gamefish: yes.
Aquarium: commercial.
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fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=172, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Information Listing
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)
NA
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Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
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References
- Ueno, K., & Takai A. (2008). Multiple sex chromosome system of X1X1X2X2/X1X2)Y type in lutjanid fish, Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Perciformes). Genetica. 132(1), 35-41.
- Luna, Susan M. and Santos, Kristine. " Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)". Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version. URL: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-quinquelineatus.html.
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Allen, G.R. and J.H. Talbot 1985 Review of the snappers of the genus Lutjanus (Pisces Lutjanidae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of a new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (11):87.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Allen, G.R. and J.H. Talbot 1985 Review of the snappers of the genus Lutjanus (Pisces Lutjanidae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of a new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (11):87.
Natural History > Size
- Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Newman, S.J., D.McB. Williams and G.R. Russ 1996 Age validation, growth and mortality rates of the tropical snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae) Lutjanus adetti (Castelnau, 1873) and L. quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) from the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 47:575-584.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Allen, G.R. 1984 Lutjanidae. In: W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). volume 3. [var. pag.]. FAO, Rome.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. Jonklaas, R. 1975 Collecting marine tropicals. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, USA. 224 p.
Information Listing > References
- Ueno, K., & Takai A. (2008). Multiple sex chromosome system of X1X1X2X2/X1X2)Y type in lutjanid fish, Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Perciformes). Genetica. 132(1), 35-41.
- Luna, Susan M. and Santos, Kristine. " Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)". Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version. URL: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-quinquelineatus.html.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Perciformes |
Family | Lutjanidae |
Genus | Lutjanus |
Species | Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch 1790) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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