Sealife guideThe onespot snapperLutjanus monostigma

Last updated on 09/11/2024 at 11:27 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Onespot snapper
French name: Vivaneau à tache noire, vivaneau églefin
Scientific name: Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828)
Family name: Lutjanidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

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

The onespot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma) © Rickard Zerpe sous licence Creative Commons

Within the same genus

Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)

Common bluestripe snapper
(Lutjanus kasmira)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)

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)

Discover also

Atlantic spadefish
(Chaetodipterus faber)

Jolthead porgy
(Calamus bajonado)

Peppered butterflyfish
(Chaetodon guttatissimus)

Porkfish
(Anisotremus virginicus)

Scaleless shrimpgoby
(Tomiyamichthys nudus)

Scalyhead sculpin
(Artedius harringtoni)

Tiger snake eel
(Myrichthys maculosus)

White eyed moray
(Gymnothorax thyrsoideus)

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