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) © Madelein Wolfaardt | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

Schoolmaster snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
(Lutjanus apodus)

Onespot snapper
(Lutjanus monostigma)
(Lutjanus monostigma)

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Bengal snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)
(Lutjanus bengalensis)

Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
(Lutjanus jordani)

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)
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
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(Fowlerichthys ocellatus)
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(Serranus scriba)
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