ANIMAL SPECIES:Yellow Striped Emperor, Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskal, 1775)
The Yellow Striped Emperor has a light tan to olive body. A broad yellow stripe extends from the pectoral fin base to the caudal fin. Sometimes adult Yellow Striped Emperor exhibit a mottled brown colouration or have no markings.
Identification
The Yellow Striped Emperor has a light tan to olive body. A broad yellow stripe extends from the pectoral fin base to the caudal fin.
Sometimes adult Yellow Striped Emperor exhibit a mottled brown colouration or have no markings.
Size range
The species grows to 60 cm in length. The maximum known age of a Yellow Striped Emperor is 14 years.Distribution
It occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and the north-eastern coast of Africa, throughout South-east Asia and Micronesia, north to Japan, south to Australia and east to Tonga and Samoa.
In Australia it is known from off north-western Western Australia and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
Habitat
Yellow Striped Emperor inhabit seagrass beds, lagoons and reefs, and adjacent areas of sand and rubble. It is often seen in groups or as solitary individuals and may be seen sheltering in branching coral during the day.
It is found at depths from 3 m to 100 m.
Behaviour and adaptations
Feeding and Diet
The Yellow Striped Emperor feeds primarily on molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms.
Classification
- Species:
- obsoletus
- Genus:
- Lethrinus
- Family:
- Lethrinidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
References
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 220.
- Carpenter, K.E. & G.R. Allen, 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 9. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date.. FAO Species Synopsis. No. 125(9): Pp. 118.
- Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Coral Graphics. Pp. 330.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 251.
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