LUTJANIDAE Lutjanus lemniscatus, 15.7 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) Yellowstreaked Snapper D X, 13-14; A III, 8; P1 16; LLp 47-50; GR 6-8 + 10-14. Body moderately deep. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Vomerine tooth patch crescentic, without a medial posterior extension. Caudal fin truncate or slightly emarginate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Color: back and upper sides gray-brown or olive; sides gray, brown or reddish; juveniles with a broad black horizontal band from snout tip to caudal-fin base. Size: maximum length about 65 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific from southern India and Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea, and northward to the Philippines. Remarks: inhabits offshore reefs. Juveniles sometimes encountered in the vicinity of coral reefs, often located close to the shore. Feeds on fishes and a variety of benthic invertebrates. An important market species in many localities. Caught mainly with hook and line, traps, and occasionally with bottom trawls. (Yukio Iwatsuki)