Lutjanidae

African red snapper

Lutjanus agennes

Lutjanid Fish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

• Red
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Lutjanus agennes, the African red snapper, Guinean snapper or African cubera snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. It is native to the coastal Atlantic waters of Africa.