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Northern red snapper
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Lutjanidae
Genus:
Lutjanus
Species:
L. campechanus
Binomial name
Lutjanus campechanus
(Poey, 1860)
Synonyms[2]
Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860
Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & T. H. Bean, 1878
The northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits environments associated with reefs. This species is commercially important and is also sought-after as a game fish.[2]
^Anderson, W.; Claro, R.; Cowan, J.; Lindeman, K.; Padovani-Ferreira, B. & Rocha, L.A. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Lutjanus campechanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T194365A115334224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194365A2322724.en. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ abFroese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lutjanus campechanus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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