Sealife guideThe humpback red snapperLutjanus gibbus

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Humpback red snapper
  • French name: Vivaneau pagaie
  • Spanish name: Pargo jorobado
  • Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Family name: Lutjanidae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The humpback red snapper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The humpback red snapper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2016 within the category Least Concern !
The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)
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Within the same genus
Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus)
Schoolmaster snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
Onespot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma)
Onespot snapper
(Lutjanus monostigma)
Mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
Bengal snapper (Lutjanus bengalensis)
Bengal snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)
Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
Whipper snapper (Lutjanus jordani)
Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
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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(Balistapus undulatus)
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Australasian snapper
(Pagrus auratus)
Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra)
Zebra moray
(Gymnomuraena zebra)
Ocellated frogfish (Fowlerichthys ocellatus)
Ocellated frogfish
(Fowlerichthys ocellatus)
Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)
Clown frogfish
(Antennarius maculatus)
Taylor's pygmy leatherjacket (Brachaluteres taylori)
Taylor's pygmy leatherjacket
(Brachaluteres taylori)
Blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
Painted comber (Serranus scriba)
Painted comber
(Serranus scriba)

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