Humpback red snapper

Humpback red snapper
Adult at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
Juvenile at Morotai, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species:
L. gibbus
Binomial name
Lutjanus gibbus
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sciaena gibba Forsskål, 1775
  • Diacope lineata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Diacope borensis G. Cuvier, 1828
  • Diacope coccinea G. Cuvier, 1828
  • Lutjanus coccineus (G. Cuvier, 1828)
  • Diacope striata G. Cuvier, 1828
  • Diacope rosea Valenciennes, 1830
  • Diacope axillaris Valenciennes, 1830
  • Diacope tiea Lesson, 1831
  • Diacope melanura Rüppell, 1838
  • Mesoprion janthinurus Bleeker, 1854
  • Genyoroge bidens W. J. Macleay, 1882
  • Lutianus tahitiensis Seale, 1906
  • Anthias heraldi L. P. Schultz, 1953
  • Lutjanus comoriensis Fourmanoir, 1957

The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought after as a game fish. It is also a popular species for display in public aquaria. It has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.

  1. ^ Russell, B.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Lawrence, A.; Carpenter, K.E.; Myers, R. (2016). "Lutjanus gibbus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T194385A2328128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T194385A2328128.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lutjanus gibbus 2021". FishBase.