Sealife guideThe two-spot red snapperLutjanus bohar
Taxonomy
- Common name: Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper
- French name: Vivaneau chien rouge
- Spanish name: Porgo de dos
- Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
- Family name: Lutjanidae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The two-spot red snapper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The two-spot red snapper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2016 within the category Least Concern !

The two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) © Rickard Zerpe under licence Creative Commons
Within the same genus

Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Lane snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)
(Lutjanus synagris)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)
(Lutjanus jordani)

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)
(Lutjanus rivulatus)

Humpback red snapper
(Lutjanus gibbus)
(Lutjanus gibbus)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
(Lutjanus griseus)

Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
(Lutjanus analis)
Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)
(Macolor macularis)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
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(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
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