Dog Snapper, Dog Snapper, Dogteeth Pargue, Dogteeth Snapper, Dogtooth Pargue, Snaggletooth Snapper, Dog's Tooth Snapper
Lutjanus jocu, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Lutjanus jocu, Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, Photo: Graham Edgar
Lutjanus jocu, Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean
Description
Silver-bronze or yellowish body with translucent yellowish fins, pointed snout and a row of blue spots from top lip to rear margin of gill cover. Row of spots on face present as a solid line in juveniles. Juveniles use mangroves and seagrass beds as nurseries.
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Several (5 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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