Tang's snapper

Tang's snapper
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Lutjanidae
Genus:	Lipocheilus; W. D. Anderson, Talwar & G. D. Johnson, 1977
Species:	L. carnolabrum
Binomial name
	Lipocheilus carnolabrum; (W. L. Y. Chan, 1970)
Synonyms
	For genus: Tangia W. L. Y. Chan, 1970; (pre-occupied in Hemiptera); For species: Tangia carnolabrum W. L. Y. Chan, 1970;

Tang's snapper, Lipocheilus carnolabrum, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They inhabit areas of the continental shelf with rocky substrates at depths from 90 to 340 m (300 to 1,120 ft). This species grows to 60 cm (24 in) in total length. It is a commercially important species as a food fish. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lipocheilus carnolabrum" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lipocheilus carnolabrum" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

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