Monotaxis heterodon

(Bleeker, 1854)

Vernacular names
English : Redfin emperor
French : Empereur à quatre raies blanches

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Eupercaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Lethrinidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species can reach up to 35 cm. Bumped forehead, fairly big partly red eyes. Black pectoral fin base. Coloration yellow with dark-edged flank scales, upper back darker, four vertical white lines. Red edges to fins. Head often bluish.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region, from Seychelles and Maldives to Fiji, north to south Japan, south to New Caledonia and Australia. Lives in sheltered coral reefs, from 3 to 25 meters deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a wide range. It is regularly caught by local fisheries but the data isn’t clear as the species is often confused with M. grandoculis.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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