Lutjanus
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Lutjanus
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Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790
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Bennettia Fowler, 1904 |
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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.[1]
Species
There are currently 71 recognized species in this genus:
- 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) (School-master 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) (Black-fin snapper)
- Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) (Northern red snapper)
- Lutjanus carponotatus (J. Richardson, 1842) (Spanish flag snapper)
- Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) (Blue-line 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) (Sun-beam snapper)
- Lutjanus ehrenbergii (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Black-spot 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) (Black-tail snapper)
- Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830) (Freshwater snapper)
- Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) (Humpback red snapper)
- 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 (Yellow-fin red snapper)
- Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869) (Spotted rose snapper)
- Lutjanus indicus G. R. Allen, W. T. White & Erdmann, 2013 [2]
- 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 blue-stripe snapper)
- Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Yellow-streaked snapper)
- Lutjanus lunulatus (M. Park, 1797) (Lunar-tail snapper)
- Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790 (Big-eye snapper)
- Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831) (Indian snapper) [3]
- 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)
- Lutjanus notatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Blue-striped snapper)
- Lutjanus novemfasciatus T. N. Gill, 1862 (Pacific dog snapper)
- Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860) (Spot-stripe snapper)
- Lutjanus papuensis G. R. Allen, W. T. White & Erdmann, 2013 (Papuan snapper) [2]
- Lutjanus peru (Nichols & R. C. Murphy, 1922) (Pacific red snapper)
- Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866) (Southern red snapper)
- Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) (Five-lined snapper)
- Lutjanus rivulatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Blubber-lip 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 timorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Timor snapper)
- Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846) (Blue and Gold snapper)
- Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Brown-stripe red snapper)
- Lutjanus vivanus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Silk snapper)
- Lutjanus xanthopinnis Iwatsuki, F. Tanaka & G. R. Allen, 2015 (Yellow-fin snapper) [3]