Lutjanidae

Taxobox
name = Snapper

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image_caption = Humpback red snapper, "Lutjanus gibbus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Lutjanidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Aphareus"
"Aprion"
"Apsilus"
"Etelis"
"Hemilutjanus"
"Hoplopagrus"
"Lipocheilus"
"Lutjanus"
"Macolor"
"Ocyurus"
"Paracaesio"
"Pinjalo"
"Pristipomoides"
"Randallichthys"
"Rhomboplites"
"Symphorus"

Snapper are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine but with some members living in estuaries, and entering fresh water to feed. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper.

Snapper are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all the oceans. They can grow to about a meter in length. Most feed on crustaceans or other fish, though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but mostly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish. They live at depths of up to 450 m.

About 100 species of snapper are currently recognised, divided into about 16 genera. A very large number of fish species have "snapper" in their common name; most but not all of these are members of the family Lutjanidae. Almost all the 60 or so species in the genus "Lutjanus" have common names including the word "snapper".

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pecies

* Genus "Aphareus"
** Small toothed jobfish, "Aphareus furca" (Lacépède, 1801).
** Rusty jobfish, "Aphareus rutilans" Cuvier, 1830.
* Genus "Aprion"
** Green jobfish, "Aprion virescens" Valenciennes, 1830.
* Genus "Apsilus"
** Black snapper, "Apsilus dentatus" Guichenot, 1853.
** African forktail snapper, "Apsilus fuscus" Valenciennes, 1830.
* Genus "Etelis"
** Ruby snapper, "Etelis carbunculus" Cuvier, 1828.
** Flame snapper, "Etelis coruscans" Valenciennes, 1862.
** Queen snapper, "Etelis oculatus" (Valenciennes, 1828).
** Scarlet snapper, "Etelis radiosus" Anderson, 1981.
* Genus "Hoplopagrus"
** Mexican barred snapper, "Hoplopagrus guentherii" Gill, 1862.
* Genus "Lipocheilus"
** Tang's snapper, "Lipocheilus carnolabrum" (Chan, 1970).
* Genus "Lutjanus"
** Yellow-banded snapper, "Lutjanus adetii" (Castelnau, 1873).
** African red snapper, "Lutjanus agennes" Bleeker, 1863.
** "Lutjanus alexandrei" Moura & Lindeman, 2007. [cite journal | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 1422 | year = 2007 | pages = 31–43 | title = A new species of snapper (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) from Brazil, with commentson the distribution of Lutjanus griseus and L. apodus | author = Moura & Lindeman]
** 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).
** 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).
* Genus "Macolor"
** Midnight snapper, "Macolor macularis" Fowler, 1931.
** Black and white snapper, "Macolor niger" (Forsskål, 1775).
* Genus "Ocyurus"
** Yellowtail snapper, "Ocyurus chrysurus" (Bloch, 1791).
* Genus "Paracaesio"
** Japanese snapper, "Paracaesio caerulea" (Katayama, 1934).
** Vanuatu snapper, "Paracaesio gonzalesi" Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979.
** Saddle-back snapper, "Paracaesio kusakarii" Abe, 1960.
** "Paracaesio paragrapsimodon" Anderson & Kailola, 1992.
** Dirty ordure snapper, "Paracaesio sordida" Abe & Shinohara, 1962.
** Cocoa snapper, "Paracaesio stonei" Raj & Seeto, 1983.
** "Paracaesio waltervadi" Anderson & Collette, 1992.
** Yellowtail blue snapper, "Paracaesio xanthura" (Bleeker, 1869).
* Genus "Parapristipomoides"
** Scalemouth jobfish, "Parapristipomoides squamimaxillaris" (Kami, 1973).
* Genus "Pinjalo"
** Slender pinjalo, "Pinjalo lewisi" Randall, Allen & Anderson, 1987.
** Pinjalo, "Pinjalo pinjalo" (Bleeker, 1850).
* Genus "Pristipomoides"
** Wenchman, "Pristipomoides aquilonaris" (Goode & Bean, 1896).
** Ornate jobfish, "Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus" (Valenciennes, 1832).
** Goldflag jobfish, "Pristipomoides auricilla" (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927).
** Crimson jobfish, "Pristipomoides filamentosus" (Valenciennes, 1830).
** Golden eye jobfish, "Pristipomoides flavipinnis" Shinohara, 1963.
** Slender wenchman, "Pristipomoides freemani" Anderson, 1966.
** Cardinal snapper, "Pristipomoides macrophthalmus" (Müller & Troschel, 1848).
** Goldbanded jobfish, "Pristipomoides multidens" (Day, 1871).
** Lavender jobfish, "Pristipomoides sieboldii" (Bleeker, 1854).
** Sharptooth jobfish, "Pristipomoides typus" Bleeker, 1852.
** Oblique-banded snapper, "Pristipomoides zonatus" (Valenciennes, 1830).
* Genus "Randallichthys"
** Randall's snapper, "Randallichthys filamentosus" (Fourmanoir, 1970).
* Genus "Rhomboplites"
** Vermilion snapper, "Rhomboplites aurorubens" (Cuvier, 1829).
* Genus "Symphorichthys"
** Sailfin snapper, "Symphorichthys spilurus" (Günther, 1874).
* Genus "Symphorus"
** Chinamanfish, "Symphorus nematophorus" (Bleeker, 1860).

References

*Paulin, Chris D. "Pagrus auratus, a new combination for the species known as "snapper" in Australasian waters (Pisces: Sparidae)". "New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research", 1990, 24:259-265. http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjmfr/1990/26.php
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