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Lethrinus erythracanthus  Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 550903

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lethrinus kallopterus Bleeker, 1856
  
  Common Name(s): orange-spotted emperor [English]
  
    yellow-spotted emperor [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyLethrinidae  – porgies, rudderfishes, scavengers, emperor breams, emperors, pigface breams, sweetlips  
                                     SubfamilyLethrininae   
                                        GenusLethrinus Cuvier, 1829 – porgies, scavengers, emperors  
                                           SpeciesLethrinus erythracanthus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 – orange-spotted emperor, yellow-spotted emperor  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Lethrinus erythracanthus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Carpenter, Kent E. and Gerald R. Allen  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Emperor Fishes and Large-Eye Breams of the world (Family Lethrinidae): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Lethrinid species known to date.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 9   
  Page(s): 118   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102889-3   
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  Reference for: Lethrinus erythracanthus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Carpenter, Kent E., and Gerald R. Allen  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Emperor Fishes and Large-Eye Breams of the World (Family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Lethrinid species known to date.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 9   
  Page(s): 118   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102889-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lethrinus erythracanthus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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