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Midnight Snapper

Macolor macularis

Classification

Macolor macularis, the midnight snapper, midnight seaperch or black and white snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Macolor macularis was first formally described in 1931 by the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler with the type locality given as near Ragay Gulf on Luzon.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 50United States of America · 16