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Lutjanidae

8 fish on EveryFish name Lutjanidae among their families.

WorldMangrove red snapper Large Indo-Pacific snapper found in mangroves and reefsPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1775

WorldEmperor red snapper Large Indo-Pacific reef snapper with distinctive juvenile bands.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1816

WorldBluestripe snapper Bright yellow reef fish with four blue stripesPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1775

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreMutton snapper A colourful Atlantic reef fish prized for its meat.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1828

WorldGolden snapper A large Indo-Pacific snapper with distinctive rusty scale spots.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1792

WorldMalabar blood snapper A red reef snapper from the Indo-Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1801

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreYellowtail snapper A swift, golden-tailed reef fish of the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1791

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNorthern red snapper A large, red reef fish of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1860

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Northern red snapper: Geeklikepi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Emperor red snapper: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag (User:Mirgolth) and relea, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bluestripe snapper: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mutton snapper: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
Golden snapper: George Henry Ford, Public domain, source
Malabar blood snapper: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY 3.0, source
Mangrove red snapper: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Yellowtail snapper: Fred Hsu ( Wikipedia:User:Fredhsu on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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