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)

Blubberlip snapper
(Lutjanus rivulatus)

Common bluestripe snapper
(Lutjanus kasmira)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)

Longspot snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Mutton snapper
(Lutjanus analis)

Schoolmaster snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)

Within the same family

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)

Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)

Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)

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Ballyhoo
(Hemiramphus brasiliensis)

Bicolor damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)

Crocodilefish
(Cymbacephalus beauforti)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Double-spotted queenfish
(Scomberoides lysan)

Longfin emperor
(Lethrinus erythropterus)

Sheepshead porgy
(Calamus penna)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)

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