Sealife guideThe blackspot snapperLutjanus ehrenbergii
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

Onespot snapper
(Lutjanus monostigma)
(Lutjanus monostigma)

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

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Bengal snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)
(Lutjanus bengalensis)

Lane snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)
(Lutjanus synagris)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
(Lutjanus jordani)

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)
(Lutjanus rivulatus)
Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)
(Macolor macularis)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
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