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Occasionally encountered in coral reefs or shallow inshore flats. Found singly or in small groups (up to 15 to 20 individuals). Adults on deep coastal slopes; juveniles on shallow algae-reef flats, often near freshwater run-offs. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and benthic crustaceans
Synonyms:
Diacope alboguttata Valenciennes, 1831
Diacope caeruleopunctata Cuvier, 1828
Diacope coeruleopunctata Cuvier, 1828
Diacope revulina Swainson, 1839
Diacope rivulata Cuvier, 1828
Diacope rivulina Swainson, 1839
Diacope sinal Montrouzier, 1857
Lutianus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Lutjanus rivuturus (Cuvier, 1828)
Mesoprion myriaster Liénard, 1839
Mesoprion parvidens MacLeay, 1882
Mesoprion quadripunctatus Günther, 1859
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjanus (Genus) > Lutjanus rivulatus (Species)