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Lethrinus longirostris
Lethrinus longirostrus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Description
Lethrinus longirostris is very similar to L. olivaceus but consistently differs in its gill raker counts. The colour of the upper part of the front of the snout is reddish in individuals with a standard length greater than 45 cm (18 in) compared to orange-yellowish in L. olivaceus, there are red transverse band on the snout and between the eyes in individuals with a standard length in excess of 50 cm (20 in) compared to one band over the eye and on in front of the eye in L. olivaceus.
Range & habitat
Lethrinus longirostris has a wide Indo-Pacific range from the Red Sea south to South Africa and east to the Marshall Islands and the Tuamotu Islands, north to Japan and south to New Caledonia.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1376786.