Sealife guideThe common bluestripe snapperLutjanus kasmira

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Common bluestripe snapper
  • French name: Vivaneau à raies bleues
  • Spanish name: Pargo de rayas azules
  • Scientific name: Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Family name: Lutjanidae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The common bluestripe snapper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The common bluestripe snapper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2016 within the category Least Concern !
The common bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
The common bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) © | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
Two-spot red snapper
(Lutjanus bohar)
Mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
Longspot snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma)
Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
Whipper snapper (Lutjanus jordani)
Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
Blubberlip snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus)
Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)
Gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
Mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis)
Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
Within the same family
Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis)
Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)
Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)
Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
Sailfin snapper (Symphorichthys spilurus)
Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
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Clearfin squirrelfish (Neoniphon argenteus)
Clearfin squirrelfish
(Neoniphon argenteus)
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Double-spotted queenfish
(Scomberoides lysan)

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