Poissons empereurs

Lethrinidae

Scavengers

Classification
Ostéichthyen Perciformes Lethrinidae Monotaxinae Gnathodentex Gymnocranius Monotaxis Lethrininae Lethrinus
41 espèces

Classification

Ostéichthyen

Perciformes

Lethrinidae

Monotaxinae
- Gnathodentex
- Gymnocranius
- Monotaxis
Lethrininae
- Lethrinus

41 espèces

Références web
fishbase FAO	myreefguide

Schéma
coastal fishes in tropical waters, on or near reefs carnivorous, bottom-feeding at night on benthic invertebrates or fishes solitary or schooling and do not appear to be territorial silvery-grey body, with a pale color pattern change tone or color very quickly depending on the substrate or the mood they are in protogynous hermaphroditism form large aggregations for pelagic spawning, nonguarder

Schéma

coastal fishes in tropical waters, on or near reefs
carnivorous, bottom-feeding at night on benthic invertebrates or fishes
solitary or schooling and do not appear to be territorial
silvery-grey body, with a pale color pattern
change tone or color very quickly depending on the substrate or the mood they are in
protogynous hermaphroditism
form large aggregations for pelagic spawning, nonguarder

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Etymologies		Source
Lethrinidae	Greek, lethrinia, a fish pertaining to genus Pagellus	fishbase
Monotaxis	Greek, monos = one + Greek, taxis = disposition	fishbase
Gnathodentex	Greek, gnathos = jaw + latin, dens, dentis = teeth



Gnathodentex aureolineatus
fishbase / souslesmers / nomadica / doris / wikizero / fishesofaustralia	Synonymes Striped large-eye bream	Lacépède, 1802 / LC / ITIS 169164

2009 Mauritius ©mda (via INaturalist)	2009 Mauritius ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)


2012 Fiji ©Paul Asman (via fishbase)	2015 Baa Atoll (Maldives) by Julien Bidet (via Wikimedia Commons)	2016 Maldives ©Trevor Meyer (via fishbase)


1987 by Dr. Dwayne Meadows (via Wikimedia Commons)	2014 Mauritius ©Jean Claude Jamoulle (via fishbase)	2011 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg (via fishbase)


Solomon ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Palau ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Fiji ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)


2008 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg (via fishbase)	Banda Aceh (ID) by Rick Stuart-Smith (via fishesofaustralia)	2012 by Rainer Kretzberg (via Encyclopedia of Life)


1995 Fanning Island (Kiribati) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)		Banda Aceh (ID) by Graham Edgar (via fishesofaustralia)


2008 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg (via fishbase)	with Monotaxis grandoculis, 2011 Fiji by Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2014 Maldives by Ahmed Abdul Rahman (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Indo-Pacifiq	Perche d'or	tropical

3-30m / 20-30 cm	protogyne	solitary or in groups, sometimes forms aggregations of about a hundred or more individuals, nocturne
Gnathodentex aureolineatus




Gymnocranius grandoculis
fishbase / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia	Synonymes Blue-lined large-eye bream	Valenciennes, 1830 / LC / ITIS 550897


2012 Marsa El Foukery Nord (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)		2000 Farasan Bank (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Franck (via fishbase)


2009 Nouméa ©Jean-Lou Justine (via Wikimedia Commons)	juvénile, 1996 Maldives ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)
Indo-WPacifiq	Capitaine tatoué	tropical
golden-brown to yellowish seabream with wavy blue lines and spots on the snout; yellowish-orange fins, an orange margin on the tail, and often dark narrow diagonal bands on the body.
20-170m / 64-80cm / 5.5kg		solitary or in small groups
Gymnocranius grandoculis

Lethrinus

Lethrinus erythracanthus 1997 Maldives ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)		Lethrinus erythropterus 1995 Halmahera (Indonesia) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Lethrinus harak 2001 Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard (via fishbase)	Lethrinus lentjan 2012 Bali ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Lethrinus mahsena 2000 Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard (via fishbase)


Lethrinus microdon 1987 ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows by NOAA/NMFS/OPR (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Lethrinus nebulosus 1997 Red Sea ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Lethrinus obsoletus 1996 Maldives ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Lethrinus olivaceus 1995 Jurayd Is. (Saudi Arabia) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


Lethrinus semicinctus 2016 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Lethrinus xanthochilus Sipadan Is. (Sabah/Borneo) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)
Lethrinus

Monotaxis grandoculis
fishbase / souslesmers / australianmuseum / aquaportail / fishesofaustralia / nomadica	Synonymes Humpnose big-eye bream	Forsskål, 1775 / LC / ITIS 169170

2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2009 Menjangan (Bali) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)		2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2009 Mauritius ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	juvénile, Vanuatu ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)


juvénile, Indonesia ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Sulawesi ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	2016 Maldives ©Trevor Meyer (via fishbase)


2007 Bathala (Maldives) by Gianemilio rusconi (via fishbase)	at night, 1995 Enewetak (Marshall Islands) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	juvénile, 1995 Bougainville Reef Coral Sea (Au) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)


1997 Enewetak (Marshall Islands) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)		juvénile, Queensland (Au) ©Andrew J. Green (via fishesofaustralia)


intermédiaire, 2006 Ospery Reef (Au) by Richard Ling (via Wikimedia Commons)	2008 Ras Nasrani (Egypt) by Gianemilio rusconi (via fishbase)


2011 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg (via fishbase)	2004 Hawaii ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows by NOAA/NMFS/OPR (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2010 Sabah (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Indo-WPacifiq, Red Sea & N-Australie	Empereur bossu	tropical
body oblong; head profile strongly convex in front of eye, the snout sloping steeply; eye large; caudal fin forked with pointed tip; adult silvery grey with narrow dark scale margins, lips yellowish, a large black blotch covering pectoral fin axil; juveniles with black bar through eye, body with 3 dark brown to blackish bars with the 2 posterior bars extending onto the dorsal fin, and each lobe of caudal fin with an orange band
1-100m / 40cm (jsq 60cm) / 5.9kg	protogyne, openwater	benthopelagic, solitaire or schooling, non territorial, chasseur nocturne
Monotaxis grandoculis

Monotaxis heterodon
fishbase / fishesofaustralia / reeflifesurvey	Synonymes Redfin seabream	Bleeker, 1854 / LC / ITIS

2014 Komodo ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Mioskon (Raja Ampat) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Mioskon (Raja Ampat) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2015 Maldives ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)	2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Nakari (Egyp) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2009 Menjangan (Bali) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)


2020 Réunion by Elisabeth Morcel (via Wikimedia Commons)		2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2019 Raja Ampat ©David R (via INaturalist)	2019 Salomon ©Mark Rosenstein (via INaturalist)	2019 Fiji ©John Sear (via INaturalist)


Madang (PNG) by Jan Messersmith (via fishesofaustralia)	juvénile, Palau ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Palau ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)


Tasman Sea (Au) by Graham Edgar (via fishesofaustralia)	juvénile, Solomon ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Palau ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)


2017 Philippines by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)	2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)	2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-WPacifiq	Redfin emperor	tropical
silvery-grey; narrow white bars on body 1-2 scale rows wide; large black blotch behind the pectoral-fin base; brownish to reddish lips; yellowish tail, and usually fins with a yellowish to reddish tinge
3-25m / 35cm (jsq 60cm)
Monotaxis heterodon

MàJ 14/03/2023