Hussar (fish)
''Lutjanus adetii'', the yellow-banded snapper or hussar, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the Family (biology), family Lutjanidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is sought after as a game fish. Taxonomy ''Lutjanus adetii'' was first formally Species description, described in 1873 as ''Diacope adetii'' by the French people, French naturalist François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau with the Type locality (biology), type locality given as Nouméa on New Caledonia. Its specific name honours "Mr Adet" who collected the Zoology specimens, specimens of fishes that Castelnau described from New Caledonia, Castelnau did not give Adet's given names. Description ''Lutjanus adetii'' has a relatively deep body, which has a ''standard length'' of 2.5 to 2.7 times its depth. The snout is rather pointed, the preorbital bone is wider than the diameter of the eye and there is a ...
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