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Blue and gold snapper

Lutjanus viridis

Classification

The blue-and-gold snapper (Lutjanus viridis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean where it is important to local subsistence fisheries. Taxonomy The blue and gold snapper was first formally described in 1846 as Diacope viridis by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Galápagos Islands.

Distribution

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Mexico · 162France · 1