Lutjanus rivulatus

Blubberlip snapper | Blue-spotted Seaperch | Bluespotted Snapper | Maori Bream | Maori Seaperch | Maori Snapper | Multi-coloured Snapper | Scribbled Snapper | Speckled Snapper | Yellowfin Snapper
Lutjanus rivulatus
Lutjanus rivulatus, adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Lutjanus rivulatus
Lutjanus rivulatus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lutjanus rivulatus
Lutjanus rivulatus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Lutjanus rivulatus
Lutjanus rivulatus
Lutjanus rivulatus

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

High body with yellow fins and tail, blue lines on face and fine blue spots on body. Dark bar over shoulder fading with age. Large individuals possibly confused with yellow-finned variation of the emperor Lethrinus erythracanthus (Orangespotted Emperor). Juveniles often with white body spot.


Information

Max Size: 80 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 25.6-31.4°C

Depth: 10-100m

Habitat Generalization Index: 0.67

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (3.8% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland