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Grass Emperor
Lethrinus laticaudis
Lethrinus laticaudis, the grass emperor, is a species of emperor native to the western Pacific Ocean where they occur on coral reefs at depths of from 5 to 35 metres (16 to 115 ft). Juveniles inhabit beds of sea grass and also in mangrove swamps. It can reach a length of 56 centimetres (22 in) TL though most do not exceed 35 centimetres (14 in). This species is commercially important and is also popular as a game fish.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132387.