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Lethrinus mahsena Sky emperor

Lethrinus mahsenais commonly referred to as Sky emperor. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

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lexID:
7378 
AphiaID:
212075 
Scientific:
Lethrinus mahsena 
German:
Mahsena-Straßenkehrer 
English:
Sky Emperor 
Category:
Lethrinidae 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lethrinidae (Family) > Lethrinus (Genus) > mahsena (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Forsskål, ), 1775 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Comores, East Africa, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 
Sea depth:
2 - 100 Meter 
Size:
up to 25.59" (65 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Sea urchins, Snails, Sponges, Starfishs, Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-02-05 15:11:40 

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(Forsskål, 1775)

Synonyms:
Lethrinus abbreviatus Valenciennes, 1830
Lethrinus caeruleus Valenciennes, 1830
Lethrinus sanguineus Smith, 1955
Sciaena mahsena Forsskål, 1775

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lethrinidae (Family) > Lethrininae (Subfamily) > Lethrinus (Genus)

Scientific paper

  1. The utility of otolith weight as a predictor of age in the emperor Lethrinus mahsena and other tropical fish species, G.M. Pilling; E.M. Grandcourt; G.P. Kirkwood, 2003
  2. Comparative growth studies on Lethrinus lentjan, Lacépède 1802 and Lethrinus mahsena, Forsskål 1775 (Pisces, Lethrinidae) in the Red Sea, Elham A. Wassef, 1991

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Flickr Seite von zsispeo (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Webpage Richard Field (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Semiadult

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