Lethrinus lentjan ( Lacepède, 1802 )

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, Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 54, pp. 115-124 : 115-124

Lethrinus lentjan ( Lacepède, 1802)

English common name: pink ear emperor Fig. 2 C

Bodianus lentjan Lacepède, 1802. — Lacepède (1802): 281, 293; Holotype (unique): MNHN A- 7847; No locality stated (probably eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia Java).

Material examined.

ZMFUM - LE- 1-10 , 10 specimens (Suppl. material 1), August 2022 to July 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; 15–16 transverse scale rows below lateral line; 14–15 lower series of scale around caudal-peduncle; high-bodied forms; some scales on inside of pectoral fin base; molariform teeth; cheek white and without scales; body gray; pectoral and caudal fins red; inner part of pectoral fin red; posterior edge of opercular membrane red.

Figures

Figure 2. Lethrinus crocineus (A), ZMFUM - LE- 12, (Photo by E. Damadi); Lethrinus nebulosus (B), ZMFUM - LE- 48, (Photo by E. Damadi); Lethrinus lentjan (C), ZMFUM - LE- 8, (Photo by E. Damadi); Lethrinus microdon (D), ZMFUM - LE- 35, (Photo by E. Damadi).