Animal Diversity Web

Lethrinus laticaudis

Blue-lined emperor

(Also: Blue-spotted emperor; Brown kelp-fish; Coral bream; Grass sweetlip)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers)
        
        Genus Lethrinus
        
        Species Lethrinus laticaudis (Blue-lined emperor)