Sealife guideThe blackspot snapperLutjanus ehrenbergii
Last updated on 09/11/2024 at 11:27 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Blackspot snapper
- French name: Vivaneau encrier, vivaneau carpe
- Spanish name: Pargo manchado
- Scientific name: Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869)
- Family name: Lutjanidae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The blackspot snapper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The blackspot snapper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2016 within the category Least Concern !

The blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii) © Vaulot | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

Bengal snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)
(Lutjanus bengalensis)

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)
(Lutjanus rivulatus)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Onespot snapper
(Lutjanus monostigma)
(Lutjanus monostigma)

Schoolmaster snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
(Lutjanus apodus)

Two-spot red snapper
(Lutjanus bohar)
(Lutjanus bohar)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
(Lutjanus jordani)
Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)
(Macolor macularis)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
(Symphorichthys spilurus)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
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(Signigobius biocellatus)
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