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Mangrove Red Snapper

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Classification

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. It has a wide Indo-Pacific range and has recently been recorded in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Taxonomy The mangrove red snapper was first formally described in 1775 as Sciaena argentimaculata by the Swedish…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 117United States of America · 26