Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Rhomboplites > Rhomboplites aurorubens

Rhomboplites aurorubens (Vermillion snapper; Vermilion snapper; Small red snapper; Redfish; Red snapper; Plump head; Plumhead; Mingo snapper; Golden-red snapper; Chub-head snapper; Chub head snapper; B-liner; Bastard snapper)

Synonyms: Aprion ariommus; Centropristes aurorubens; Centropristis aurorubens; Mesoprion elegans; Romboplites aurorubens
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Wikipedia Abstract

The vermilion snapper or beeliner, Rhomboplites aurorubens, is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Bermuda including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Brazil. This species inhabits waters from 40 to 300 m (130 to 980 ft) (though rarer deeper than 100 m (330 ft)) where they can be found in large schools over substrates of sand, gravel, or rock. This species can reach a length of 60 cm (24 in), though most are around 35 cm (14 in). The greatest recorded weight for this species is 3.2 kg (7.1 lb). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. The vermilion snapper is often sold as red snapper.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhomboplites aurorubens

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rhomboplites aurorubens

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.845 lbs (1.744 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  3 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Maximum Longevity [2]  10 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Euryhaliotrema tubocirrus[5]
Preptetos trulla[5]

External References

Citations

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.
3Planktonic and benthic feeding by the reef-associated vermilion snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens (Teleostei, Lutjanidae), George R. Sedberry, Nicole Cuellar, Fishery Bulletin 91:699-709 (1993)
4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
5Gibson, 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