Lutjanus

Lutjanus
Lutjanus lutjanus the type species of the genus Lutjanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Subfamily: Lutjaninae
Genus: Lutjanus
Bloch, 1790
Type species
Lutjanus lutjanus
Bloch, 1790[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bennettia Fowler, 1904
  • Diacope Cuvier, 1815
  • Evoplites Gill, 1862
  • Genyoroge Cantor, 1849
  • Hobar Forsskål, 1775 (not used)
  • Jordanichthys Evermann & Clark, 1928
  • Loxolutjanus Fowler, 1931
  • Lutianus Bloch, 1790 (misspelling by original and subsequent authors)
  • Mesoprion Cuvier, 1828
  • Naqua Forsskål, 1775 (not available)
  • Neomaenis Girard, 1858
  • Neomesoprion Castelnau, 1875
  • Parkia Fowler, 1904
  • Percaprionodes Fowler, 1944
  • Rabirubia Jordan & Fesler, 1893
  • Raizero Jordan & Fesler, 1893
  • Rhomboplitoides Fowler, 1918

Lutjanus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. They are predatory fish usually found in tropical and subtropical reefs, and mangrove forests. This genus also includes two species that only occur in fresh and brackish waters.

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lutjanidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2021.