Longjacks of the family ?Lethrinidae bare-cheeked snappers of the genus ? Lethrinus

Below is a picture of a? Lethrinus lentjan? Lethrinus lentjan?, commonly known as the black-hooded lentjan and lentjan

The fish has a light brown body, with a lighter ventral color and a brown head. The cheeks are not scaly, the caudal fin is forked and the upper and lower lobes are pointed and reddish at the end. The dorsal fin has a white spot just below the beginning of the soft stripe, and its distinguishing feature is a red spot on the posterior margin of the gill cover bone and the base of the ventral fin. There are 47 to 48 lateral scales, 10 hard dorsal fin spines and 9 soft bars, 3 hard anal fin spines and 8 soft bars. Body length up to 52 centimeters.

Inhabiting lagoons or seaward reef slopes, it is carnivorous, feeding on fish, crustaceans and mollusks. It is a meaty food fish, suitable for cooking in miso soup or deep-frying.

Distributed in the western Pacific region of India, including the Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Maldives, Seychelles Islands, Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, India, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, China off the coast of the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, the Marianas Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands The sea areas are Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Hawaii Islands, Samoa Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and so on.