Sealife guideThe two-spot red snapperLutjanus bohar

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

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

Bengal snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)

Blackspot snapper
(Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)

Humpback red snapper
(Lutjanus gibbus)

Lane snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)

Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

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(Bodianus diana)

Half and half wrasse
(Hemigymnus melapterus)

Island grouper
(Mycteroperca fusca)

Leerfish
(Lichia amia)

Lumpfish
(Cyclopterus lumpus)

Milletseed butterflyfish
(Chaetodon miliaris)

Northern stargazer
(Astroscopus guttatus)

Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

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