Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Lutjanus > Lutjanus purpureus

Lutjanus purpureus (Southern red snapper; Southern red; Snapper; Redfish; Cola; Caribbean red snapper; American red)

Synonyms: Mesoprion purpureus
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12.125 lbs (5.50 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  5 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  5 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [2]  18 years

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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