Red Snapper, Red Snapper, Rufous Snapper, Whipper Snapper
Lutjanus jordani, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Photo: Graham Edgar
Lutjanus jordani, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Eastern Pacific
Description
Silvery body with a purple tinge, orange eye and purplish fins. Form schools around generally around inshore reefs, but occasionally found near deeper offshore trawling grounds
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: Large aggregations (761 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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