Published May 20, 2024 | Version v1
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Lethrinus nebulosus

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
  • 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  • 3. Zoological Innovations Research Department, Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Description

Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)

English common name: spangled emperor Fig. 2 B

Sciaena nebulosa Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775. — Niebuhr (1775): 52; Holotype: ZMUC P 49345; No locality stated (Red Sea).

Material examined.

ZMFUM - LE- 44-68, 25 specimens (Suppl. material 1), May 2022 to March 2023, depth 5– 30 m.

Description.

Dorsal-fin rays X, 9; anal-fin rays III, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13; tubed lateral-line scales 46–47; 5.5 transverse scale rows above lateral line; 15–17 transverse scale rows below lateral line; 14–15 lower series of scale around caudal-peduncle; high-bodied forms; forked caudal fin; numerous small scales on inner surface of pectoral-fin base; molariform teeth; cheek without scales; body light gray; head with light blue stripes; pale blue stripe dorsally on basal half of pectoral fin; white spots on body.

Notes

Published as part of Damadi, Ehsan, Yazdani Moghaddam, Faezeh & Ghanbarifardi, Mehdi, 2024, Taxonomic characterization of five species of emperor fishes (Actinopterygii: Eupercaria: Lethrinidae) based on external morphology, morphometry, and geographic distribution in the northwestern Indian Ocean, pp. 115-124 in Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 54 on pages 115-124, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.54.118586

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMFUM
Material sample ID
LE- 44-68
Scientific name authorship
Forsskal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Lethrinidae
Genus
Lethrinus
Species
nebulosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775) sec. Damadi, Moghaddam & Ghanbarifardi, 2024

References

  • Niebuhr C (1775) Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskal. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.
  • Niebuhr C (1775) Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.