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Orange-spotted emperor
Lethrinus erythracanthus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Orange-spotted emperor
- Scientific
- Lethrinus erythracanthus
- Dhivehi
- Bolike
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Lethrinidae (emperors)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 70 cm (total length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 15 to 120 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
An emperor with a dark body covered in pale orange spots and bright orange to red fins, reaching about 70 cm. It lives alone near ledges and caves on outer slopes and channels and eats sea urchins, starfish, crustaceans and molluscs.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives bolike.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lethrinus-erythracanthus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=1862&GenusName=Lethrinus&SpeciesName=
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Orange-spotted_emperor_(Lethrinus_erythracanthus)_(24463913
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Bolike' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.