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Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank, Maldives, Mozambique, Madagascar and Réunion.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 110188)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 3; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XII,12 or 13; A III, 8; pectoral fin 16 or 17; lateral-line scales 47-50: horizontal scale rows above the lateral line 8 or 9; scale rows on cheek 4-6; subocular extension of the cheek scales irregularly present in 1 or 2 row(s) anteriorly and 3 or 4 rows posteriorly, respectively below the eye; total gill-rakers on first arch 8 or 9 + 18 or 19 = 26?27; without blue stripe on upper part pf opercle, the third blue stripe on body (upper supracleithrum) beginning from dorsoposterior margin of opercle, extending to below the last soft dorsal-ray base (Ref. 110188).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra, 2016. Validity of a blue stripe snapper, Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, L. bengalensis (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528. (Ref. 110188)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00706 - 0.03101), b=2.97 (2.81 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).