Lutjanus
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 Bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira
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60+, including: Lutjanus campechanus (red 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).
- 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).
[edit] External links
- Genus Lutjanus. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
