Twospot Snapper

Lutjanus biguttatus

Lutjanid Fish beneath Philippine Waters

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Lutjanus biguttatus, the two-spot banded snapper or two-spot snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: mainly the Indo-Australian Archipelago from the Solomon Islands to Sumatra, and from off Cape York Peninsula, Australia, northward to the Philippines; also occurring in the central and eastern Indian Ocean as far west as Maldives.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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