Lutjanus

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Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus
Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Bloch, 1790
Species

60+, including:

Lutjanus campechanus (red snapper)
Lutjanus griseus (gray snapper)
Lutjanus synagris (lane snapper)

Genus Lutjanus includes about 67 species of perciform fish commonly known as snappers. The most well-known species in the genus is the red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), a popular food fish.

Species include:

  • Yellow-banded snapper, Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873).
  • African red snapper, Lutjanus agennes (Bleeker, 1863).
  • Ambiguous snapper, Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860).
  • Mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792).
  • Mullet snapper, Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864).
  • Mangrove red snapper, Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Yellow snapper, Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869).
  • Bengal snapper, Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790).
  • Two-spot banded snapper, Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Indonesian snapper, Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Two-spot red snapper, Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Moluccan snapper, Lutjanus boutton (Lacépède, 1802).
  • Blackfin snapper, Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Northern red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860).
  • Spanish flag snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842).
  • Blueline snapper, Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838).
  • Colorado snapper, Lutjanus colorado (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
  • Cubera snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Checkered snapper, Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828).
  • African brown snapper, Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861).
  • Sunbeam snapper, Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854).
  • Blackspot snapper, Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869).
  • Guinea snapper, Lutjanus endecacanthus (Bleeker, 1863).
  • Crimson snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus (Bloch, 1790).
  • Golden African snapper, Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Dory snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Blacktail snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801).
  • Freshwater snapper, Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Papuan black snapper, Lutjanus goldiei (Macleay, 1882).
  • Gorean snapper, Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Yellowfin red snapper, Lutjanus guilcheri (Fourmanoir, 1959).
  • Spotted rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869).
  • Eastern Pacific golden snapper, Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869).
  • Dog snapper, Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
  • John's snapper, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792).
  • Jordan's snapper, Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898).
  • Common bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775).
  • Yellowstreaked snapper, Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828).
  • Lunartail snapper, Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797).
  • Bigeye snapper, Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790).
  • Indian snapper, Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831).
  • Mahogany snapper, Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Malabar blood snapper, Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
  • Pygmy snapper, Lutjanus maxweberi (Popta, 1921).
  • Samoan snapper, Lutjanus mizenkoi (Allen & Talbot, 1985).
  • Onespot snapper, Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Bluestriped snapper, Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Pacific cubera snapper, Lutjanus novemfasciatus (Gill, 1862).
  • Spotstripe snapper, Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860).
  • Pacific red snapper, Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922).
  • Southern red snapper, Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1876).
  • Five-lined snapper, Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790).
  • Blubberlip snapper, Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Yellow-lined snapper, Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
  • Russell's snapper, Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849).
  • Humphead snapper, Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828).
  • Emperor red snapper, Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816).
  • Black-banded snapper, Lutjanus semicinctus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
  • Star snapper, Lutjanus stellatus (Akazaki, 1983).
  • Lane snapper, Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Timor snapper, Lutjanus timorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
  • Blue and gold snapper, Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846).
  • Brownstripe red snapper, Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
  • Silk snapper, Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828).

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