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Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper; Pensacola red snapper; Northern red snapper; Mutton snapper; Mexican red snapper; Carribbean red snapper; Bream)

Synonyms: Lutjanus blackfordii; Lutjanus campechianus; Mesoprion campechanus; Neomaenis aya
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Wikipedia Abstract

The northern red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits environments associated with reefs. This species is commercially important and is also sought-after as a game fish.
View Wikipedia Record: Lutjanus campechanus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Lutjanus campechanus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  27.646 lbs (12.54 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  57 years

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[3]
Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper)[3]
Scomberomorus cavalla (Spanish mackerel)[3]

Consumers

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.
♦ 3Jorrit 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.
♦ 4Feeding ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus in the northern Gulf of Mexico, R. J. David Wells, James H. Cowan Jr., Brian Fry, Mar Ecol Prog Ser 361: 213–225, 2008
♦ 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