Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Lutjanus > Lutjanus gibbus

Lutjanus gibbus (red snapper; Snapper; Paddle-tail snapper; Paddle-tail sea-perch; Paddle-tail; Paddletail; Paddle tail snapper; Hunched snapper; Humphead snapper; Humpbacked red snapper; Humpback snapper; Humpback redsnapper; Humpback red snapper; Paddletail seaperch)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The humpback red snapper or paddletail snapper, Lutjanus gibbus, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean from the coast of Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific Ocean. It is mostly an inhabitant of coral reefs at depths of from 1 to 150 m (3.3 to 492.1 ft), with the juveniles being found in beds of seagrass or on sheltered coral reefs and subadults and adults found on sloping substrates. This species can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in). It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought after as a game fish. It is also a popular species for display in public aquaria. It has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  18 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Megalaspis cordyla (finletted mackerel scad)[2]
Plectorhinchus pictus (Trout sweetlips)[2]
Saurida tumbil (Greater lizardfish)[2]
Selaroides leptolepis (Yellow-striped trevally)[2]
Thenus orientalis (flathead lobster)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Frimpong, 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.
2Diet composition and food habits of demersal and pelagic marine fishes from Terengganu waters, east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Z. Bachok, M.I. Mansor and R.M. Noordin, NAGA, WorldFish Center Quarterly Vol. 27 No. 3 & 4 Jul-Dec 2004, p. 41-47
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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