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Lethrinidae
yellowlip emperor
Lethrinus xanthochilus
Lethrinid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean
yellowlip emperor is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 70 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lethrinidae
- Genus
- Lethrinus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa and the central Indian Ocean to the Marquesas Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

