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Lutjanidae
Bengal snapper
Lutjanus bengalensis
Lutjanid Fish of Philippine Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
MediumBengal snapper is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: widespread; from South Africa to the Philippines; north to Japan. Records from the Middle East, including the Red Sea, refer to L. sapphirolineatus .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
