"Grey snapper" redirects here. For another species of fish sometimes called the gray snapper, see Green jobfish.
Mangrove snapper
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Lutjanidae
Genus:
Lutjanus
Species:
L. griseus
Binomial name
Lutjanus griseus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Labrus griseus Linnaeus, 1758
Sparus tetracanthus Bloch, 1791
Anthias caballerote Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Lutjanus caballerote (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Mesoprion caballeorte (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Bodianus vivanetus Lacépède, 1802
Lobotes emarginatus Baird & Girard, 1855
Lutjanus stearnsii Goode & T.H. Bean, 1878
The mangrove snapper or gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea. The species can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including brackish and fresh waters. It is commercially important and is sought as a game fish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3]
^Lindeman, K.; Anderson, W.; Carpenter, K.E.; Claro, R.; Cowan, J.; Padovani-Ferreira, B.; Rocha, L.A.; Sedberry, G.; Zapp-Sluis, M. (2016). "Lutjanus griseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192941A2180367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192941A2180367.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Lutjanus griseus" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lutjanus griseus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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