Mangrove snapper

"Grey snapper" redirects here. For another species of fish sometimes called the gray snapper, see Green jobfish.

Mangrove snapper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
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.[2]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lutjanus griseus". FishBase. February 2021 version.