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Lutjanidae
vermilion snapper
Rhomboplites aurorubens
Vulnerable Lutjanid Fish of the Caribbean Sea
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Largevermilion snapper is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Rhomboplites
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, to São Paulo, Brazil (Ref. 57756 ), including West Indies, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea (Anderson, pers. comm.).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
