Lutjanidae

Lutjanus
Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Lutjanidae
Genus:	Lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Species
60+, including: Lutjanus campechanus (red snapper) Lutjanus griseus (gray snapper) Lutjanus synagris (lane snapper)

Genus Lutjanus includes about 67 species of perciform fish commonly known as snappers. The most well-known species in the genus is the red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), a popular food fish.

Species include:

• Yellow-banded snapper, Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873).
• African red snapper, Lutjanus agennes (Bleeker, 1863).
• Ambiguous snapper, Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860).
• Mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828).
• Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792).
• Mullet snapper, Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864).
• Mangrove red snapper, Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775).
• Yellow snapper, Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869).
• Bengal snapper, Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790).
• Two-spot banded snapper, Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
• Indonesian snapper, Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
• Two-spot red snapper, Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775).
• Moluccan snapper, Lutjanus boutton (Lacépède, 1802).
• Blackfin snapper, Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, 1828).
• Northern red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860).
• Spanish flag snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842).
• Blueline snapper, Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838).
• Colorado snapper, Lutjanus colorado (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
• Cubera snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828).
• Checkered snapper, Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828).
• African brown snapper, Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861).
• Sunbeam snapper, Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854).
• Blackspot snapper, Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869).
• Guinea snapper, Lutjanus endecacanthus (Bleeker, 1863).
• Crimson snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus (Bloch, 1790).
• Golden African snapper, Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830).
• Dory snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775).
• Blacktail snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801).
• Freshwater snapper, Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830).
• Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775).
• Papuan black snapper, Lutjanus goldiei (Macleay, 1882).
• Gorean snapper, Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830).
• Mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Yellowfin red snapper, Lutjanus guilcheri (Fourmanoir, 1959).
• Spotted rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869).
• Eastern Pacific golden snapper, Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869).
• Dog snapper, Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
• John's snapper, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792).
• Jordan's snapper, Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898).
• Common bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775).
• Yellowstreaked snapper, Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828).
• Lunartail snapper, Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797).
• Bigeye snapper, Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790).
• Indian snapper, Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831).
• Mahogany snapper, Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828).
• Malabar blood snapper, Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
• Pygmy snapper, Lutjanus maxweberi (Popta, 1921).
• Samoan snapper, Lutjanus mizenkoi (Allen & Talbot, 1985).
• Onespot snapper, Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828).
• Bluestriped snapper, Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828).
• Pacific cubera snapper, Lutjanus novemfasciatus (Gill, 1862).
• Spotstripe snapper, Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860).
• Pacific red snapper, Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922).
• Southern red snapper, Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1876).
• Five-lined snapper, Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790).
• Blubberlip snapper, Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828).
• Yellow-lined snapper, Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
• Russell's snapper, Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849).
• Humphead snapper, Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828).
• Emperor red snapper, Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816).
• Black-banded snapper, Lutjanus semicinctus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
• Star snapper, Lutjanus stellatus (Akazaki, 1983).
• Lane snapper, Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Timor snapper, Lutjanus timorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
• Blue and gold snapper, Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846).
• Brownstripe red snapper, Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
• Silk snapper, Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828).

External links

• Genus Lutjanus. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.