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Blubberlip Snapper

Lutjanus rivulatus

Classification

Lutjanus rivulatus, the blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper or yellowfin snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and into the Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Lutjanus rivulatus was first formally described in 1828 as Diacope rivulata by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as Puducherry in India, Java in Indonesia, the Red Sea and Malabar in India.

Distribution

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