Lethrinus nebulosus

Lethrinus nebulosus
	A Lethrinus nebulosus specimen collected off Ilot Signal (off Nouméa), New Caledonia in 2006. It has an overall fork length of 42.2 cm, and weighs 1,400 g. Note that this fish has been speared.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Spariformes
Family:	Lethrinidae
Genus:	Lethrinus
Species:	L. nebulosus
Binomial name
	Lethrinus nebulosus; (Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms
	Sciaena nebulosa Forsskål, 1775 ; Sparus choerorynchus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ; Lethrinus choerorynchus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) ; Lethrinus maculatus Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus erythrurus Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus gothofredi Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus korely Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus centurio Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus esculentus Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus karwa Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus alboguttatus Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus fasciatus Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus fraenatus Valenciennes, 1830 ; Lethrinus cyanoxanthus Richardson, 1843 ; Lethrinus anatarius Richardson, 1845 ; Lethrinus guentheri Bleeker, 1873 ; Lethrinus aurolineatus Macleay, 1882 ; Lethrinus carinatus Weber, 1913 ; Lethrinus devisianus Whitley, 1929 ; Lethrinus perselectus Whitley, 1933 ;

Lethrinus nebulosus, the spangled emperor, green snapper, morwong, north-west snapper, sand bream, sand snapper, sixteen-pounder, sharie, sheri and yellow sweetlip, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found the Indo-West Pacific region.

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