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Snappers (26)

General description

Snappers belong to the family „Lutjanidae“ with more than 250 species, found throughout the tropical marine waters around the world. They are active schooling fishes which have slender bodies, large mouths, sharp canine teeth, and blunt or forked tails. Snappers are usually rather large, many attaining a length of 60–90 centimetres. They are carnivores and prey on crustaceans and other fishes.


[Further read]

Aphareus(1), Aprion(1), Haemulon(4), Lutjanus(13), Macolor(2), Ocyurus(2), Pomadasys(1), Scolopsis(1), Symphorichthys(1)

Aphareus (1)

A. furca

Small toothed jobfish

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Aprion (1)

A. virescens

Green jobfish

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Haemulon (4)

H. chrysargyreum

Smallmouth grunt

H. flavolineatum

French grunt

H. plumieri

White grunt

H. sciurus

Bluestriped grunt

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Lutjanus (13)

L. apodus

schoolmaster snapper

L. argentimaculatus

Mangrove Snapper

L. biguttatus

Two spot banded snapper

L. bohar

Two spot red snapper

L. decussatus

Checkered snapper

L. ehrenbergii

Blackspot snapper

L. fulviflamma

Dory snapper

L. fulvus

Blacktail snapper

L. gibbus

Humpback red snapper

L. kasmira

Common bluestripe snapper

L. malabaricus

Malabar blood snapper

L. monstigma

One spot snapper

L. sebae

Emperor red snapper

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Macolor (2)

M. macularis

Midnight snapper

M. niger

Black and white snapper

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Ocyurus (2)

O. chrysurus

Yellowtail snapper

O. chrysurus

yellowtail snapper

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Pomadasys (1)

P. taeniatus

Bronze striped grunt

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Scolopsis (1)

S. affinis

Yellowtail Spinecheek

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Symphorichthys (1)

S. spilurus

Sailfin snapper

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