Lutjanus malabaricus
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Lutjanus malabaricus, the Malabar blood snapper or saddletail snapper, is a marine fish native to the western Pacific, where it is found east to Fiji and Japan, and Indian Ocean, where it occurs west to the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea.[1] It extends south in Australian waters to Shark Bay in Western Australia and Sydney in New South Wales.[2]
It can be distinguished from the scarlet snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus) by its larger head and mouth.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lutjanus malabaricus". FishBase. November 2015 version.
- ^ Bray, Dianne J. (2011). "Saddletail Snapper, Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)". Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ Allen, Gerry (1999). Marine Fishes of Southeast Asia: A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Tuttle Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 9781462917075.
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