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Adults inhabit coastal waters, mostly around coral reefs. Usually seen well above the bottom, frequently in aggregations. They feed on a combination of plankton and benthic animals including fishes, crustaceans, worms, gastropods and cephalopods, mainly at night (Ref. 9987). Young individuals are usually found over weed beds. They feed primarily on plankton (Ref. 9710). Spawning occurs throughout the year, with peaks at different times in different areas (Ref. 26938). Marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 9987). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420).
- Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 180 m (Ref. 10795), usually 10 - 70 m (Ref. 55229)
- Florida Museum of Natural History 2005 Biological profiles: yellowtail snapper. Retrieved on 26 August 2005, from www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/YellowtailSnapper/Yellowtailsnapper.html. Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History: Education-Biological Profiles. FLMNH, University of Florida. (Ref. 55229)
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Global Range: Greater Antilles and Central America (posibly Gulf of Mexico) to the Guianas (Robins and Ray 1986). Correa-Ivo and Batista-de-Sousa (1988): Brazil.
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Rights holder/Author | NatureServe |
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East and South Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Panama, north to Taiwan and Minami Tori Shima, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and Rapa; absent from Easter Island, Pitcairn Group, Marquesas and Hawaiian islands
Tightly packed schools occur along the reef margin of rocky shorelines, from just below the breaking surf to a depth of a few meters, entering estuaries and freshwater. Schools found in caves and in surge channels (Ref. 9710). Feed on free-swimming crustaceans and small fishes at night (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh or dried salted (Ref. 7271).
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Rights holder/Author | Pascualita Sa-a, FishBase |
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Description: Body wide and relatively thick with a sloping forehead and a large round eye and large terminal mouth. Dorsal-fin base long and anal-fin base short. Prominent dorsal, anal, and pelvic-fin spines and a large non-serrated preopercular spine.
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Rights holder/Author | CORALREEFFISH.COM |
Source | http://www.coralreeffish.com/lutjanidae.html |
Depth range based on 1741 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1322 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 62
Temperature range (°C): 23.301 - 28.067
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.115 - 3.505
Salinity (PPS): 34.217 - 37.169
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.255 - 4.756
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.046 - 0.239
Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 5.080
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 62
Temperature range (°C): 23.301 - 28.067
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.115 - 3.505
Salinity (PPS): 34.217 - 37.169
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.255 - 4.756
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.046 - 0.239
Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 5.080
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Rights holder/Author | Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
Source | http://www.iobis.org/mapper/?taxon_id=699138 |
Western Atlantic: throughout most of the Caribbean Sea from Cuba southward to northeastern Brazil. Frequently confused with Lutjanus campechanus. Also referred to as Lutjanus aya by past authors, but Rivas (Ref. 6409) proved that Bodianus aya Bloch, 1790 is not a lutjanid, but probably a sciaenid.
- Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)
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Rights holder/Author | Susan M. Luna, FishBase |
Source | http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=171 |
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1