Sealife guideThe longspot snapperLutjanus fulviflamma

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

Taxonomy

Common name: Longspot snapper, dory snapper, blackspot snapper
French name: Vivaneau gibelot
Spanish name: Pargo tintero
Scientific name: Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)
Family name: Lutjanidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

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

The longspot snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma) © Madelein Wolfaardt | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)

Common bluestripe snapper
(Lutjanus kasmira)

Humpback red snapper
(Lutjanus gibbus)

Lane snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)

Onespot snapper
(Lutjanus monostigma)

Schoolmaster snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)

Two-spot red snapper
(Lutjanus bohar)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)

Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

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(Plectorhinchus lineatus)

European seabass
(Dicentrarchus labrax)

Jansen's wrasse
(Thalassoma jansenii)

Mimic surgeonfish
(Acanthurus pyroferus)

Redcoat
(Sargocentron rubrum)

Spiny leaf fish
(Ablabys macracanthus)

Twinspot signal goby
(Signigobius biocellatus)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

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