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Lutjanidae
Sailfin snapper
Symphorichthys spilurus
Sixty Centimeters Lutjanid Fish of Australian Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
LargeSailfin snapper is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Symphorichthys
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands to New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef, including New Guinea, Sulawesi (Celebes), Admiralty Islands, Palau, and Philippines. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ). Also known from eastern Indian Ocean from Rowley Shoals and off Broome, Western Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
