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Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish; arakan: Named after the historical Arakan coast along the eastern Bay of Bengal, where it is currently known; noun in apposition.
Taxonomic Remarks
Previously misidentified as Lutjanus lemniscatus (non Valenciennes, 1828) and Lutjanus guilcheri (non Fourmanoir, 1959).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 20 m (Ref. 138536). Tropical
Bay of Bengal.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 138536); poids max. publié: 1.5 kg (Ref. 138536)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 14; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D X, 14 (13-14); A III, 8; body depth 2.4-2.8 in SL; eye 3.7-4.8 in HL; interorbital 5.6-7.4 in HL; scale rows above lateral line rising obliquely toward dorsal profile; predorsal scales extend forward to middle of interorbital; preopercular notch and interopercular knob are weakly developed; vomer with narrow, crescentic, V-shaped patch of granular teeth without a medial posterior extension; caudal fin slightly emarginate. Colouration when fresh or in life reddish brown, grey-brown, or olive-brown on head, back, and upper sides; the lower sides and belly reddish brown or silvery pink in adults and brownish white in juveniles; dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins are reddish brown, with a black spot at base of uppermost pectoral-fin rays; two dark-brown stripes on the upper half of lateral body, first from upper end of operculum to posterior end of soft-dorsal-fin base, continuing to upper caudal-fin base and the second stripe from behind upper middle operculum straight to mid-base of caudal fin, preceded by a squarish dark blotch on upper operculum (Ref. 138536).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits coral-associated rocky reefs, mostly at about 3-20 m depth from where it is mostly fished. Juveniles often found in shallower waters, in less than 5 m. It is not known to occur in estuarine areas or in soft bottom trawling grounds. This species is the most frequently caught snapper (lutjanid), regularly seen in hand-line catches and occasionally in bottom-set gill net catches around Zinjira Island, Bangladesh. Associated species in catches are Lutjanus indicus, L. johnii, L. lunulatus, Lethrinus sp., Paranibea semiluctuosa, and Pomadasys guoraca, among others (Ref. 138536).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Hasan, M.E., J.-D. Durand and Y. Iwatsuki, 2025. Lutjanus arakan, a new species of snapper (Teleostei:
Lutjanidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, previously confused with L. lemniscatus. J. Ocean Sci. Found., 45:7-35. (Ref. 138536)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01479 (0.00706 - 0.03101), b=2.96 (2.80 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |