''Wattsia'' is a
genus
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of
emperor
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native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is
monotypic
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, with only a single species, the Mozambique large-eye bream (''Wattsia mossambica'').
It is a deep-water fish, being found along the outer edges of the continental shelves at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
TL though most do not exceed . It is of minor importance to local
commercial fisheries
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.
References
Lethrinidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish described in 1957
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