12 Mariana Islands species out of 17 reported | 16 Indo-Pacific species
Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.
Gnathodentex aurolineatus
Gymnocranius griseus
Gymnocranius microdon
Lethrinus atkinsoni
Lethrinus erythracanthus (large adult)
Lethrinus erythracanthus
Lethrinus harak
Lethrinus harak (lacking spot)
Lethrinus obsoletus
Lethrinus olivaceus
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus
Lethrinus xanthochilus
Monotaxis grandoculis
Monotaxis grandoculis
Monotaxis heterodon (sub-adult)
Monotaxis heterodon (juv.)
Note: While Gymnocranius griseus has been reported from the Mariana Islands, the individual above was photographed in the Philippines.
Note: The image of Lethrinus rubrioperculatus is a frame grab from a baited remote underwater video (BRUV) obtained in 2015 by Jake Asher of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Curtin University.
Additional emperor species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):
- Gymnocranius euanus
- Gymnocranius grandoculis
- Gymnocranius sp. nov. A
- Lethrinus amboinensis
- Wattsia mossambica (found between 100 and 200 m)