''Lethrinus scoparius'' is a species of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Lethrinidae Lethrinidae are a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Spariformes commonly known as emperors, emperor breams, and pigface breams. These fish are found in tropical waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and ''Lethrinus atlanticus ...

, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found in the southwestern Indian Ocean. ''L. scoparius'' was previously considered to be a junior synonyms of '' L. nebulosus''.

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Fish described in 1908 Taxa named by John Dow Fisher Gilchrist Taxa named by William Wardlaw Thompson {{Acanthuriformes-stub