Emperors

There are five genera and forty species of emperors (Lethrinidae). 18 are found in the Maldives. They are bottom-dwellers and feed on small invertebrates and worms.

Gold-spot emperor (striped large-eye bream), Gnathodentex aurolineaturs

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