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) © Stephankerkhofs | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

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

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
(Lutjanus jordani)

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)
(Lutjanus rivulatus)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
(Lutjanus griseus)

Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
(Lutjanus analis)
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Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)
(Macolor macularis)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
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