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Lutjanus

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Wikipedia Abstract

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. This genus also includes two species (L. fuscescens and L. maxweberi) that only occur in fresh and brackish waters.
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Species

Lutianus aya
Lutianus lerichei
Lutjanus adetii (yellow banded sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus agennes (African cubera snapper)
Lutjanus alexandrei (Brazilian snapper)
Lutjanus ambiguus (Cuban snapper)
Lutjanus analis (Virgin snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus apodus (Schooly)
Lutjanus aratus (Mullet snapper)
Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Mangrove snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus argentiventris (yellowtail snapper)
Lutjanus atrarius
Lutjanus aya
Lutjanus bengalensis (Red snapper)
Lutjanus biguttatus (twospot banded snapper)
Lutjanus bitaeniatus (White-tipped sea-perch)
Lutjanus bohar (twospot red snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus boutton (Rufous seaperch)
Lutjanus buccanella (Wrenchman)
Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Lutjanus carponotatus (stripey sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus chrysops
Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Blueline snapper)
Lutjanus colorado (Colorado snapper)
Lutjanus cyanopterus (Guasinuco) (Vulnerable)
Lutjanus decussatus (lattice snapper)
Lutjanus dentatus (Red fish)
Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Sunbeam snapper)
Lutjanus dubius
Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Ehrenberg's snapper)
Lutjanus ellipticofuscus
Lutjanus endecacanthus (Guinea snapper)
Lutjanus erythropterus (saddletailed sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus fulgens (Golden African snapper)
Lutjanus fulviflamma (black spot snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus fulvus (flame-colored snapper)
Lutjanus fuscescens (fuscus snapper)
Lutjanus gibbus (red snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus goldiei (Papuan black snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus goreensis (Grouper)
Lutjanus griseus (Snapper)
Lutjanus guilcheri (Yellowfin redsnapper)
Lutjanus guttatus (mutton snapper)
Lutjanus hagari
Lutjanus indicus
Lutjanus inermis (Pacific rabirubia)
Lutjanus jocu (Snuggletooth snapper)
Lutjanus johnii (spotted-scaled sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus jordani (Whipper snapper)
Lutjanus kasmira (bluebanded sea perch)
Lutjanus lemniscatus (dark-tailed sea perch)
Lutjanus lunulatus (lunar tail snapper)
Lutjanus lutjanus (Yellow snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus madras (Indian snapper)
Lutjanus mahogoni (Spot snapper)
Lutjanus malabaricus (scarlet sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus maxweberi (Pygmy snapper)
Lutjanus miniatus
Lutjanus mizenkoi (Samoan snapper)
Lutjanus monostigma (Red snapper)
Lutjanus notatus (bluestripped snapper)
Lutjanus novemfasciatus (black snapper)
Lutjanus octolineatus (Whitebelly snapper)
Lutjanus ophuysenii (Spotstriped snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus papuensis (Papuan snapper)
Lutjanus paraemulon
Lutjanus peru (Pacific red snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus purpureus (Southern red snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus quinquelineatus (blue-banded sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus rivulatus (bluespotted snapper)
Lutjanus rufolineatus (Yellow-striped snapper)
Lutjanus russellii (Russell's snapper)
Lutjanus sanguineus (saddletailed sea perch) (Attributes)
Lutjanus sapphirolineatus
Lutjanus sebae (Seba's snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus semicinctus (Black-banded snapper)
Lutjanus stellatus (White-spotted snapper)
Lutjanus striatus
Lutjanus synagris (Walliacke) (Attributes)
Lutjanus timoriensis (Timor snapper)
Lutjanus undecimalis
Lutjanus undulatus
Lutjanus videns
Lutjanus viridis (Blue-and-gold snapper)
Lutjanus vitta (blackstriped snapper) (Attributes)
Lutjanus vivanus (Yellow-eyed snapper)
Lutjanus xanthopinnis

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0