red snapper

Lutjanus campechanus

One Hundred Centimeters Lutjanid Fish from Western Atlantic

red snapper is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and eastern coast of the USA extending northward to Massachusetts, coasts of Florida (Ref. 26938 ), but rare north of the Carolinas. Throughout Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938 ). This species has been referred to as Lutjanus aya by previous authors, but Rivas (Ref. 6409 ) proved that Bodianus aya Bloch, 1790 is not a lutjanid, but probably a sciaenid.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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