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Lutjanidae
yellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
Eighty Six Point Three Centimeters Lutjanid Fish of Western Atlantic
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeThe yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) is an abundant species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Although they have been found as far north as Massachusetts, their normal range is along Florida south to the West Indies and Brazil. This species is mostly found around coral reefs, but may be found in other habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Ocyurus
- Maximum length
- 86.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: extending northward to Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda and southward to southeastern Brazil, in Gulf of Mexico and Antilles (Anderson, pers. comm.). Most common in the Bahamas, off south Florida and throughout the Caribbean. Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860), an intergeneric hybrid with Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus) as demonstrated by Loftus (1992: Ref. 33006 ), followed by McEachran &. Fechhelm (2005: Ref. 78464 ).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
