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A northern red snapper attains sexual maturity at two to five years old, and an adult snapper can live for more than 50 years. Research from 1999–2001 suggested the populations of red snapper off the coast of Texas reach maturity faster and at a smaller size than populations off of the Louisiana and Alabama coasts.
Red snapper is a common name of several fish species. It may refer to: Several species from the genus Lutjanus: . Lutjanus campechanus, Northern red snapper, commonly referred to as red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean
The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), [13] and the dory snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma) have been recorded in the Mediterranean as possible Lessepsian migrants having entered that sea through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea while the dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu), a western Atlantic species, has been recorded in the Ligurian Sea. [14]
Common name Scientific name Image Native Non-native Fresh water Salt water Notes ... Northern red snapper: Lutjanus campechanus: Northern snakehead: Channa argus:
It is not clear what species Poey was describing as he may have based his description on a painting with am ambiguous subject. It has been treated as a synonym of the Northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). The specific name purpureus means “purple”, reinforcing the ambiguity of Poey's description, as this is not a purple coloured fish.
The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. Snappers inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans. Some snappers grow up to about 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, and one specific snapper, the cubera snapper, grows up to 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) in length. [2]
Its name derives from its coloration. It is also locally known as "red snapper", [2] [3] not to be confused with the warm-water Atlantic species Lutjanus campechanus that formally carries the name red snapper. The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age.
Lutjanus fulviflamma was first formally described in 1775 as Sciaena fulviflamma by the Swedish speaking Finnish born explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål with the type locality given as the Red Sea. [4] The specific name, fulviflamma, is a compound of fulvus which means “brownish yellow”, although it is frequently used to mean just ...