LUTJANUS VITTA - (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1824)
Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjanus (Genus)
Vivaneau à bande brune, Vivaneau à bandes noires, Jaunet, Broadband seaperch, Brown stripped snapper, Brownstripe red snapper, Brownstripe seaperch, Brownstripe snapper, Pargo bitilla, Pargo de bandas castanhas, Brunstribet snapper, Yokosuji-fuedai, タテフエダイ, عصموديّ ذورُقعة بُنِّية, 동갈퉁돔, 赤笔仔, 畫眉笛鯛, 画眉笛鲷, ปลากะพงเหลืองขมิ้น, ปลาข้างแถว,
Synonymes
Lutianus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Lutjanus iita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Lutjanus vita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Lutjanus vittus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Mesoprion enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1849)
Mesoprion phaiotaeniatus (Bleeker, 1849)
Serranus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Dorsal profile of head moderately sloped. Preorbital width about equal to eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally whitish or pink with a yellowish brown to black stripe on the middle of the side. Juveniles and sub-adults with an intensely black mid-lateral stripe and an oval black spot, eye-sized or greater, lying in the middle of the stripe below last dorsal spines. Adults with yellow median fins. Body depth 2.6-3.0 in SL. Max length: 40.0 cm TL; common length: 35.0 cm TL. Max. reported age: 12 years. Depth range: 10 - 72 m.
Etymology
Lutjanus: from Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
vitta: from Latin, vieō = band, ribbon.
Original description: Serranus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - Type locality: Waigeo, island in West Papua province of eastern Indonesia.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; India east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Adults are found in the vicinity of coral reefs, also areas with flat bottoms and occasional low coral outcrops, sponges, and sea whips. They occur singly or in groups of up to about 30 individuals. Feed on fishes, shrimps, crabs and other benthic invertebrates.
Similar species
Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790) - Reported from New Caledonia.
Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860) - Reported from southeastern China and Taiwan to southern Korea and Japan.
Vivaneau à bande brune, Vivaneau à bandes noires, Jaunet, Broadband seaperch, Brown stripped snapper, Brownstripe red snapper, Brownstripe seaperch, Brownstripe snapper, Pargo bitilla, Pargo de bandas castanhas, Brunstribet snapper, Yokosuji-fuedai, タテフエダイ, عصموديّ ذورُقعة بُنِّية, 동갈퉁돔, 赤笔仔, 畫眉笛鯛, 画眉笛鲷, ปลากะพงเหลืองขมิ้น, ปลาข้างแถว,
Synonymes
Lutianus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Lutjanus iita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Lutjanus vita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Lutjanus vittus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Mesoprion enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1849)
Mesoprion phaiotaeniatus (Bleeker, 1849)
Serranus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Dorsal profile of head moderately sloped. Preorbital width about equal to eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally whitish or pink with a yellowish brown to black stripe on the middle of the side. Juveniles and sub-adults with an intensely black mid-lateral stripe and an oval black spot, eye-sized or greater, lying in the middle of the stripe below last dorsal spines. Adults with yellow median fins. Body depth 2.6-3.0 in SL. Max length: 40.0 cm TL; common length: 35.0 cm TL. Max. reported age: 12 years. Depth range: 10 - 72 m.
Etymology
Lutjanus: from Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
vitta: from Latin, vieō = band, ribbon.
Original description: Serranus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - Type locality: Waigeo, island in West Papua province of eastern Indonesia.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; India east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Adults are found in the vicinity of coral reefs, also areas with flat bottoms and occasional low coral outcrops, sponges, and sea whips. They occur singly or in groups of up to about 30 individuals. Feed on fishes, shrimps, crabs and other benthic invertebrates.
Similar species
Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790) - Reported from New Caledonia.
Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860) - Reported from southeastern China and Taiwan to southern Korea and Japan.