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Lutjanidae
Sign in to saveLutjanidae, the snappers and fusiliers, are a family of percomorph fishes, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries and, in some cases, fresh water (e.g., Lutjanus goldiei). The family includes about 113 species. Most species are used for food and many are of high economic importance. Many species around the world are known in local languages as red snapper, including species from different genera (including Lutjanus and Pristipomoides)
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Lutjanidae is a family of fish within the order Perciformes, also classified under Percoidei. The taxon, whose common name is snappers, belongs to the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. Its scientific name was established by Gill in 1861, and it is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The family is recognized as an accepted taxon.
Members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Records from various institutions, including CM, ECOSUR, USNM, NCSM, and TCWC, document occurrences in Italy, Mexico, Montserrat, Curacao, and the United States. These records are associated with a total occurrence count of 745,215.
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Species
snappers
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyLutjanidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,110
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Collections
- CM, ECOSUR, USNM, NCSM, TCWC, YPM
- Recorded in
- Italy, Mexico, Montserrat, Curacao, United States, Panama, Trinidad And Tobago, French Polynesia
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Lutjanidae, the snappers and fusiliers, are a family of percomorph fishes, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries and, in some cases, fresh water (e.g., Lutjanus goldiei). The family includes about 113 species. Most species are used for food and many are of high economic importance. Many species around the world are known in local languages as red snapper, including species from different genera (including Lutjanus and Pristipomoides)
Snappers inhabit tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions of all oceans. Some snappers grow up to about in length, and one species, the cubera snapper, grows up to in length. Most are active carnivores, feeding on crustaceans or other fishes, though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but commonly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish. Most species live at depths reaching near coral reefs, but some species are found up to deep.
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