Lutjanus

Lutjanus

Lutjanus griseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Lutjanidae
Genus:	Lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Type species
Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Synonyms
Hobar Forsskål, 1775 (not used) Naqua Forsskål, 1775 (not available) Lutianus Bloch, 1790 (misspelling by original and subsequent authors) Pagrus Plumier, 1802 Diacope G. Cuvier, 1815 Mesoprion G. Cuvier, 1828 Genyoroge Cantor, 1849 Neomaenis Girard, 1858 Evoplites T. N. Gill, 1862 Neomesoprion Castelnau, 1875 Rabirubia D. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1893 Raizero D. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1893 Bennettia Fowler, 1904 Parkia Fowler, 1904 Rhomboplitoides Fowler, 1918 Jordanichthys Evermann & H. W. Clark, 1928 Loxolutjanus Fowler, 1931 Percaprionodes Fowler, 1944

Lutjanus is a genus of snappers found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are predatory fish usually found in tropical and subtropical reefs, and mangrove forests.^[1] This genus also includes two species (L. fuscescens and L. maxweberi ) that only occur in fresh and brackish waters.^[2]

Species

The 70 currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) (yellow-banded snapper)
Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863 (African red snapper)
Lutjanus alexandrei R. L. Moura & Lindeman, 2007 (Brazilian snapper)
Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860) (ambiguous snapper)
Lutjanus analis (G. Cuvier, 1828) (mutton snapper)
Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) (schoolmaster snapper)
Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864) (mullet snapper)
Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) (mangrove red snapper)
Lutjanus argentiventris (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (yellow snapper)
Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) (Bengal snapper)
Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (two-spot banded snapper)
Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Indonesian snapper)
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) (two-spot red snapper)
Lutjanus boutton (Lacépède, 1802) (Moluccan snapper)
Lutjanus buccanella (G. Cuvier, 1828) (blackfin snapper)
Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) (northern red snapper)
Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) (Spanish flag snapper)
Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) (blueline snapper)
Lutjanus colorado D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Colorado snapper)
Lutjanus cyanopterus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Cubera snapper)
Lutjanus decussatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (checkered snapper)
Lutjanus dentatus (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (African brown snapper)
Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854) (sunbeam snapper)
Lutjanus ehrenbergii (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (blackspot snapper)
Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 (Guinea snapper)
Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 (crimson snapper)
Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830) (golden African snapper)
Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) (dory snapper)
Lutjanus fulvus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (blacktail snapper)

A blacktail snapper Lutjanus fulvus.

Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830) (freshwater snapper)
Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) (humpback red snapper)

A young humpback red snapper Lutjanus gibbus.

Lutjanus goldiei (W. J. Macleay, 1882) (Papuan black snapper)
Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) (Gorean snapper)
Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758) (grey snapper)
Lutjanus guilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959 (yellowfin red snapper)
Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869) (spotted rose snapper)
Lutjanus indicus G. R. Allen, W. T. White & Erdmann, 2013^[3]
Lutjanus inermis (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (golden snapper)
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (dog snapper)
Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792) (John's snapper)
Lutjanus jordani (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (Jordan's snapper)
Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) (common bluestripe snapper)

Young common bluestripe snappers Lutjanus kasmira.

Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (yellow-streaked snapper)
Lutjanus lunulatus (M. Park, 1797) (lunartail snapper)
Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790 (bigeye snapper)
Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831) (Indian snapper)
Lutjanus mahogoni (G. Cuvier, 1828) (mahogany snapper)
Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Malabar blood snapper)
Lutjanus maxweberi Popta, 1921 (pygmy snapper)
Lutjanus mizenkoi G. R. Allen & Talbot, 1985 (Samoan snapper)
Lutjanus monostigma (G. Cuvier, 1828) (one-spot snapper)

A one-spot snapper Lutjanus monostigma.

Lutjanus notatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (blue-striped snapper)
Lutjanus novemfasciatus T. N. Gill, 1862 (Pacific dog snapper)
Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860) (spotstripe snapper)
Lutjanus papuensis G. R. Allen, W. T. White & Erdmann, 2013 (Papuan snapper)^[3]
Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922) (Pacific red snapper)
Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866) (southern red snapper)
Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) (five-lined snapper)
Lutjanus rivulatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (blubberlip snapper)
Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (yellow-lined snapper)
Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) (Russell's snapper)
Lutjanus sanguineus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (humphead snapper)
Lutjanus sebae (G. Cuvier, 1816) (emperor red snapper)
Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (black-banded snapper)
Lutjanus stellatus Akazaki, 1983 (star snapper)
Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) (lane snapper)
Lutjanus timoriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Timor snapper)
Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846) (blue and gold snapper)
Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (brownstripe red snapper)
Lutjanus vivanus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (silk snapper)

References

↑ Bray, Dianne. "Family LUTJANIDAE". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Lutjanus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Allen, G.R., White, W.T. & Erdmann, M.V. (2013): Two new species of snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) from the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 6: 33-51.