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Lutjanus lutjanus

Lutjanidae
Bigeye Snapper, Bigeye Seaperch, Golden Striped Snapper, Yellow Snapper
  • Lutjanus lutjanus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
    Lutjanus lutjanus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description

Yellow stripe from eye to tail base, thin horizontal stripes below and oblique stripes above, dorsal anal and tail fins bright yellow. Distinguished from L. vitta (Brown-stripe Snapper) by more slender shape and lack of yellow pectoral fin. 

Information
  • Max Size: 35 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 22.0-31.6°C
  • Depth: 0-96m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Soft sediment
Rarity
  • Threats: Exploitation
  • IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (3% of sites)
    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: Many (55 per transect)
    Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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