Chinese emperor
Amazing fact
The Chinese emperor sometimes has blue stripes extending forward from its eyes.
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The Chinese emperor sometimes has blue stripes extending forward from its eyes.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Chinese emperor
- Scientific name
- Lethrinus haematopterus
- Japanese name
- フエフキダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Spariformes
- Family
- Lethrinidae
- Genus
- Lethrinus
A fish found from the seas around Japan to Jeju Island, Taiwan and the southern coast of China.
It is said to be named for the shape of its head, which looks as if it were whistling.
How the Chinese emperor lives
It lives without migrating.
FishBase ConsortiumBasic data
- Range
- Ogasawara Islands, Seto Inland Sea, Ryukyu Islands, Jeju Island, Taiwan, Fujian, Hong Kong, Pratas Islands, Paracel Islands, and elsewhere
Where the Chinese emperor has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- フエフキダイ
- 简体中文
- 红鳍裸颊鲷
- 繁體中文
- 正龍占魚
- 한국어
- 구갈돔
- Português (Brasil)
- Imperador-chinês
- Русский
- Японский летрин
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — フエフキダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase Consortium — Lethrinus haematopterus, Chinese emperorChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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