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The green jobfish (Aprion virescens), also known as the gray jobfish, gray snapper, [3] or slender snapper, and in Hawaiian as uku, [3] is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Ta'ape: common bluestripe snapper; To'au: blacktail snapper; ʻŪʻū: squirrelfish (menpachi) Uhu: mature parrotfish; ʻŪkīkiki: Brigham's snapper (gindai) Uku: gray jobfish/snapper; Ula: Hawaiian spiny lobster; Ula pāpapa: slipper lobster; ʻUlaʻula koaʻe: Longtail snapper (onaga) Ulua: mature thicklip trevally; Ulua kihikihi: threadfin jack
The mangrove snapper or gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea. The species can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including brackish and fresh waters. It is commercially important and is sought as a game fish.
Extensive deeper "shelves" extend many miles from the island's shallow reef, especially to the southeast, and commercial fishing takes place over these shelves, [11] which produce much of Hawaii's catch of green jobfish, known locally as gray snapper or uku. [10]
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands include many atolls, and reefs. Due to Hawaii's isolation 30% of the fish are endemic (unique to the island chain). [1] The Hawaiian Islands comprise 137 islands and atolls, with a land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2). [2]
The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi (though it is not closely related to bream, jack, or barramundi), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae.
Lawsuits began, and on Feb. 10, 2022, gray wolves in the lower 48 states — with the exception of the Northern Rocky Mountain population — were added back to the list by a court order.
Deep Seven or Deep 7 refers to seven species of deep water fish of cultural, commercial, and recreational importance found in the Hawaiian Archipelago and Johnston Island. The Deep Seven are: The Deep Seven are: