Bigeye snapper

Bigeye snapper

Taxobox
name = Bigeye snapper


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Lutjanidae
genus = "Lutjanus"
species = "L. lutjanus"
binomial = "Lutjanus lutjanus"
binomial_authority = Bloch, 1790

The bigeye snapper, "Lutjanus lutjanus", is a snapper in the family Lutjanidae. Found in the Indian Ocean and tropical Western Pacific Ocean at depths of up to 96 meters.

Its color is silver white with a yellow stripe from the eye to base of caudal fin. Fins are yellow. It reaches a maximum length of 35cm.

The bigeye snapper is a highly prized commercially trawled fish and generally fetches a high price in the market place.

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