Lethrinus longirostris
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| Lethrinus longirostris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Lethrinidae |
| Genus: | Lethrinus |
| Species: | L. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethrinus longirostris Playfair, 1867 | |
Lethrinus longirostrus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Lethrinus longirostris was first formally described in 1867 by the Scottish naturalist Lambert Playfair with its type locality given as Zanzibar.[1] This species has been considered to be synonymous with Lethrinus olivaceus but was confirmed as a separate valid species based on morphological and genetic differences in 2022.[2] Some authors place the genus Lethrinus in the monotypic subfamily Lethrininae, with all the other genera of Lethrinidae placed in the Monotaxinae, however, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise the subfamilies traditionally accepted within the family Lethrinidae as valid. The family Lethrinidae is classified by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World as belonging to the order Spariformes.[3]