Schoolmaster snapper

Schoolmaster snapper

Taxobox
name = Schoolmaster snapper


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Lutjanidae
genus = "Lutjanus"
species = "L. apodus"
binomial = "Lutjanus apodus"
binomial_authority =

The schoolmaster snapper, "Lutjanus apodus", is found from Massachusetts to Brazil, but is common in southern Florida and the Caribbean. Up to 24 inches in length. It has a robust slightly compressed body, with a pointed head. Its color varies from silvery tp bronze. Fins and tails are yellow and the snout contains blue stripes. Lives in groups of dozens of subjects. Keeps a short distance from the seafloor at depths between 10 and 90 feet.


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