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Lethrinus ravus
As recorded: Lethrinus ravus Carpenter & Randall, 2003
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Lethrinidae
- Collected by
- J. E. Randall
- Date
- January 4, 1979
- Locality
- in 8 m in lagoon of Ouvea
- Region
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- Type status
- Paratype
- Record type
- Material citation
Cited in the literature
A paper cites this specimen as material examined, as recorded by GBIF from the published treatments.
2003
Lethrinus ravus, a new species of emperor fish (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans.
Kent E. Carpenter, John E. Randall, Stierhof T (2003). Lethrinus ravus, a new species of emperor fish (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans.. Checklist dataset accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-26.
paratypecited as Lethrinus ravus Carpenter & Randall, 2003
Lethrinus ravus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-03-07.
2026-03-07
Namena, Fiji
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-06-27
Tokashiki, Shimajiri District, Okinawa 901-3501, Japan
(c) Daniel Yu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-21
(c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-23
Namena, Fiji
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2023-03-30
Trinity Bay, Cairns, QL, AU
(c) TANIGAKI Taketo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-03-27
Ra, FJ-W, FJ
(c) BDBishop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Lethrinus ravus. BPBM BPBM 27070. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 923905798. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bpbm/27070.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 923905798 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026