Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Inhabits offshore coral reefs and trawling grounds. Trawled to depth of almost 100 m (Ref. 48635). Frequently encountered in large schools with other Lutjanus species (Ref. 9710). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 30573).
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Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)
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Distribution
Distribution
Comores, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Red Sea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa (country), Tanzania
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Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5909
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5926
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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). Usually referred to as Lutjanus lineolatus by previous authors.
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Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8
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Allen, G.R. and J.H. Talbot 1985 Review of the snappers of the genus Lutjanus (Pisces Lutjanidae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of a new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (11):87. (Ref. 469)
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Size
Max. size
35.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450)); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 55)
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Bouhlel, M. 1988 Poissons de Djibouti. Placerville (California, USA): RDA International, Inc. 416 p. (Ref. 5450)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5450&speccode=11512
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Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)
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Diagnostic Description
Description
Inhabits offshore coral reefs and trawling grounds. Frequently encountered in large schools of more than 100 individuals. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
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Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5909
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Dorsal profile of head gently sloped. Preorbital bone very narrow, much less than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally silvery white, with a broad yellow stripe running along the side from the eye to the caudal fin base. A series of faint narrow yellow horizontal lines is on the lower half of the body. The fins are pale yellow to whitish.
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Allen, G.R. and J.H. Talbot 1985 Review of the snappers of the genus Lutjanus (Pisces Lutjanidae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of a new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes (11):87. (Ref. 469)
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 127 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 70 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 2 - 92
Temperature range (°C): 24.280 - 28.749
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.004 - 5.255
Salinity (PPS): 32.279 - 39.819
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.975 - 4.693
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.147 - 0.567
Silicate (umol/l): 0.380 - 17.234
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 2 - 92
Temperature range (°C): 24.280 - 28.749
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.004 - 5.255
Salinity (PPS): 32.279 - 39.819
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.975 - 4.693
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.147 - 0.567
Silicate (umol/l): 0.380 - 17.234
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 70 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 2 - 92
Temperature range (°C): 24.280 - 28.749
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.004 - 5.255
Salinity (PPS): 32.279 - 39.819
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.975 - 4.693
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.147 - 0.567
Silicate (umol/l): 0.380 - 17.234
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 2 - 92
Temperature range (°C): 24.280 - 28.749
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.004 - 5.255
Salinity (PPS): 32.279 - 39.819
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.975 - 4.693
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.147 - 0.567
Silicate (umol/l): 0.380 - 17.234
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Depth: 0 - 90m.
Recorded at 90 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated. Inhabits offshore coral reefs and trawling grounds. Frequently encountered in large schools with other @Lutjanus@ species (Ref. 9710). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
Recorded at 90 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated. Inhabits offshore coral reefs and trawling grounds. Frequently encountered in large schools with other @Lutjanus@ species (Ref. 9710). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans.
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Environment
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 96 m (Ref. 57178)
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Ocean Biogeographic Information System 2006 OBIS-extracted Depth Data. Harvested by E.Agbayani July 2006 at www.iobis.org. (Ref. 57178)
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Trophic Strategy
Schooling species which occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Feeds on fish and crustaceans (Ref. 55).
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Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Genomic DNA is available from 1 specimen with morphological vouchers housed at State Herbarium of South Australia
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Barcode data: Lutjanus lutjanus
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 12 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 12 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
GBGC4478-08|EU148543|Lutjanus lutjanus| ------------------------------------------CTCTATCTAGTATTTGGTGCTTGAGCCGGAATAGTAGGCACCGCCCTA---AGCCTGCTCATTCGAGCAGAACTTAGTCAACCAGGGGCCCTCCTTGGGGAC---GACCAGATCTACAATGTAATCGTTACGGCACATGCATTCGTAATGATTTTCTTTATAGTAATGCCAATCATAATCGGGGGATTTGGAAACTGACTAATCCCACTTATA---ATCGGAGCCCCCGACATGGCATTTCCCCGAATAAATAACATGAGCTTTTGACTTCTGCCCCCCTCTTTCCTTCTCCTGCTCGCATCTTCTGGGGTCGAAGCTGGAGCCGGAACCGGGTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTGGCAGGGAACCTGGCACACGCAGGAGCATCTGTTGACCTA---ACCATCTTTTCTCTTCATCTAGCAGGGGTCTCTTCAATCCTCGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACCACAATTATTAACATGAAACCACCAGCAATTTCCCAATATCAGACACCCCTGTTTGTTTGAGCTGTCCTAATTACAGCTGTCCTTCTCCTTCTTTCCCTTCCAGTGTTAGCAGCT---GGGATTACGATGCTTCTCACAGACCGAAATTTAAATACCACCTTCTTTGACCCCGCGGGAGGGGGAGACCCTATTCTTTACCAACACCTC-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Lutjanus lutjanus
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 12
Species: 51
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 12
Species: 51
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
fisheries: highly commercial
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Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. (Ref. 171)
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Wikipedia
Bigeye snapper
The bigeye snapper, Lutjanus lutjanus, is a snapper in the family Lutjanidae. Found in the Indian Ocean and tropical Western Pacific Ocean at depths of up to 96 metres.
Its color is silver white with a yellow stripe from the eye to base of caudal fin. Fins are yellow. It reaches a maximum length of 35cm.
The bigeye snapper is a highly prized commercially trawled fish and generally fetches a high price in the market place.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Lutjanus lutjanus" in FishBase. September 2007 version.
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