Lutjanus

Lutjanus
Lutjanus lutjanus the type species of the genus Lutjanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
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.