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The cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus), also known as the Cuban snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean. It is a commercially important species and is a sought-after game fish, though it has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.
Lutjanus novemfasciatus, the Pacific cubera snapper or Pacific dog snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It ...
Lutjanus agennes, the African red snapper, Guinean snapper or African cubera snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. It is native to the coastal Atlantic waters of Africa .
Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828) (cubera snapper) Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) (checkered snapper) Lutjanus dentatus (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (African brown snapper) Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854) (sunbeam snapper) Lutjanus ehrenbergii (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (black-spot snapper) Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 (Guinea ...
The number of fish on the government's overfishing list sunk to a new low last year in a sign of healthy U.S. fisheries, federal officials said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus), a fish that primarily lives in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, sometimes known as simply "Snapper" Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus), native to the western Atlantic Ocean; Fishes from other families including: Australasian snapper, Pagrus auratus, also known as silver seabream
The biggest of snappers is the Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus) of the Caribbean sea and east coast of South America, at a maximum size of 57 kg (126 lb) and 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in length. [ 111 ] [ 112 ] The largest species of grunt is the white margate ( Haemulon album ) of the Caribbean sea and east coast of South America, at up to 7.14 kg ...
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]