Sealife guideThe blubberlip snapperLutjanus rivulatus

Last updated on 09/12/2024 at 10:44 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Blubberlip snapper
French name: Vivaneau maori
Scientific name: Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Family name: Lutjanidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The blubberlip snapper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The blubberlip snapper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2016 within the category Least Concern !

The blubberlip snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus) © Rickard Zerpe under licence Creative Commons

Within the same genus

Bengal snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)

Common bluestripe snapper
(Lutjanus kasmira)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)

Humpback red snapper
(Lutjanus gibbus)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)

Two-spot red snapper
(Lutjanus bohar)

Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

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Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Jolthead porgy
(Calamus bajonado)

Orangeband surgeonfish
(Acanthurus olivaceus)

Saddled butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ephippium)

Smallmouth grunt
(Haemulon chrysargyreum)

Striped fangblenny
(Meiacanthus grammistes)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

Violet squirrelfish
(Sargocentron violaceum)

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