''Lutjanus adetii'', the yellow-banded snapper or hussar, is a

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of marine

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, a snapper belonging to the

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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 described in 1873 as ''Diacope adetii'' by the

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naturalist François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau with the type locality given as Nouméa on

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. Its specific name honours "Mr Adet" who collected the 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 well developed preopercular protuberance and incision. The tongue has a patch of granular teeth while the vomerine teeth are arranged in a triangular patch. The

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has 10 spines and 14 soft rays while the

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contains 3 spines and 8 soft rays, these fins have a rounded posterior profile. The

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s contain 17 rays while the

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may be emarginate or slightly forked. The background colour is rosy-pink shading to silvery below with a dusky to golden stripe which runs from the middle of the operculum to the base of the caudal fin. There is a golden patch which surrounds the eye and runs onto the snout while the pectoral fin base has a yellow blotch, The dorsal and anal fins have white margins. The juveniles have a sizeable red spot on the caudal peduncle, which some retain while the mid lateral stripe appears. This species attains a maximum

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of , although is more typical.

Distribution and habitat

''Lutjanus adetii'' has a restricted distribution in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It occurs in eastern Australia, eastern Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. In Australia it occurs from the northern

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south to

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, with small juveniles being recorded further south, and

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in the

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. This species occur from the surface down to living among rocky and coral reefs.

Biology

''Lutjanus adetii'' is a nocturnal hunter, the adults spend the day in large aggregations which disperse at night to forage Off New Caledonia the spawning season is from August to February, peaking in November to January.

Fisheries

''Lutjanus adetii'' is mainly of interest to recreational fisheries. Its flesh is considered to be of good quality and it is caught for markets in some localities, especially in New Caledonia. It is caught using hook and line and gill nets and the catch is normally sold fresh. The hussar is one of the species taken in the coral reef finfish fishery of Australia.

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2328099 adetii Fish of Lord Howe Island Fish of New Caledonia Fish of Papua New Guinea Fish described in 1873