Mangrove snapper
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The mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus, is a snapper in the family Lutjanidae. It is also known as the grey snapper, black snapper, mango snapper, or cabellerote.
Its color is typically greyish red, but it can change color from bright red to coppery red. It has a dark stripe running through its eye if you look at it from the top when it is underwater. Its size ranges from 2–6 pounds (1–3 kg) but many biologists have now confirmed that a 29.5 pound (13.4 kg) mangrove snapper was speared off of the coast of Louisiana.
The mangrove snapper can be confused with the cubera snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus. Mangrove snappers are typically much smaller than cubera, but when they are of similar size, the two species can only be distinguished by examining a patch of teeth on the inside roof of the mouth.
[edit] References
- "Lutjanus griseus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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