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Silk Snapper

Lutjanus vivanus

Classification

The silk snapper (Lutjanus vivanus), the West Indian snapper, yellow-eyed snapper or yellow-eyed red snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The silk snapper was first formally described in 1828 as Mesoprion vivanus by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as Martinique.

Distribution

Wes Toller · CC0
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 16United States of America · 16Mexico · 2United Kingdom · 1