Spangled emperor
Lethrinus nebulosus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spangled emperor
- Scientific
- Lethrinus nebulosus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Lethrinidae (emperors)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 87 cm (total length); commonly 70 cm; max. published weight 8.4 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 75 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A large emperor, yellowish-bronze with a pale blue spot on most scales and blue lines radiating from the eye across the cheek. Adults live alone or in small groups over coral reefs, lagoons, seagrass and sand, and feed on sea urchins, molluscs, crustaceans and fish. It is one of the most important food fish of its family in the Indo-Pacific.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lethrinus-nebulosus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Emperador_relámpago_(Lethrinus_nebulosus),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzan
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.