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Lutjanidae
schoolmaster
Lutjanus apodus
Eight thin white lines on flanks
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Largeschoolmaster is a fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 79.1 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
- Maximum length
- 79.1 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: north to Massachusetts, USA (rare in Florida) and south to Trinidad and northern Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
