Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)

Ray, Dipanajan, Mohapatra, Anil, Mishra, S. S., Yennawar, Prasanna & Ghorai, Narayan, 2017, Snappers (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) of West Bengal coast with eight new records and a key for their identification, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 39-48 : 42

Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)

(Fivelined Snapper)

1790. Holocentrus quinquelineatus Bloch, Naturges. ausland. Fische., 4: 84, pl. 249 ( Japan).

1985. Lutjanus quinquelineatus : Allen, FAO Fish. Synop., (125) 6: 111, pl. 19, Figure 73.

Material examined: MARC /ZSI/F 2104, 2 ex., 99-161 mm SL, Digha Mohona, 08.12.2011, Coll. D. Ray.

Diagnosis: D X, 13; A III, 8; P 16; A I, 5; LL 49; GR 20. Body moderately deep, its depth 2.60-2.77 in SL; dorsal profile of head steeply sloped, HL 2.63-2.67 in SL; eye diameter 3.7-3.8 in HL; interorbital space 3.36-3.64 in HL; snout 3.19-3.25 in HL. Preorbital less than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob well developed; vomerine tooth patch crescentic, without a medial posterior extension; tongue smooth, without teeth. Longitudinal scale rows above lateral line ascending obliquely to dorsal profile and running horizontally below it; predorsal scales beginning at midinterorbital space; preopercle with 9 or 10 scale rows, including those on lower border. First dorsal spine less than half length of second; third spine longest among dorsal spines; first anal spine less than half length of second which is as long as third, caudal fin emarginate.

Colour: Body bright yellow; upper part of brownish; sides and belly light yellow; a series of 5 bright blue stripes on sides; a round black spot below anteriormost soft dorsal rays at level of lateral line; fins yellow.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to Fiji, north to southern Japan (Froece and Pauly, 2013). In Indian coastal waters this species was reported from Andaman & Nicobar Island ( Rao, 2009); Andhra Pradesh ( Barman et al., 2004); Gujarat ( Barman et al., 2000); Kerala ( James et al., 1994); Tamil Nadu ( Barman et al., 2011) and Gulf of Mannar ( Varghese et al, 2011); Maharashtara ( Barman et al., 2012).