page_title: Lutjanus
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lutjanus / Species
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Perche de mer (Ha'amea en tahitien) (Lutjanus bohar)
context_page_description: Lutjanus is a genus of snappers found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. They are predatory fish usually found in tropical and subtropical reefs, and mangrove forests. This genus also includes two species that only occur in fresh and brackish waters.
context_section_description: Currently, 73 recognized species are placed in this genus:
  Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) (yellow-banded snapper)
  Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863 (African red snapper)
  Lutjanus alexandrei R. L. Moura & Lindeman, 2007 (Brazilian snapper)
  Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860) (ambiguous snapper)
  Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828) (mutton snapper)
  Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) (schoolmaster snapper)
  Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864) (mullet snapper)
  Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) (mangrove red snapper)
  Lutjanus argentiventris (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (yellow snapper)
  Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) (Bengal snapper)
  Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (two-spot banded snapper)
  Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Indonesian snapper)
  Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) (two-spot red snapper)
  Lutjanus boutton (Lacépède, 1802) (Moluccan snapper)
  Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, 1828) (blackfin snapper)
  Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) (northern red snapper)
  Lutjanus carponotatus (J. Richardson, 1842) (Spanish flag snapper)
  Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) (blue-line snapper)
  Lutjanus colorado D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Colorado snapper)
  Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828) (cubera snapper)
  Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) (checkered snapper)
  Lutjanus dentatus (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861) (African brown snapper)
  Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854) (sunbeam snapper)
  Lutjanus ehrenbergii (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (black-spot snapper)
  Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 (Guinea snapper)
  Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 (crimson snapper)
  Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830) (golden African snapper)
  Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) (dory snapper)
  Lutjanus fulvus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (black-tail snapper)
  Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830) (freshwater snapper)
  Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) (humpback red snapper)
  Lutjanus goldiei (W. J. Macleay, 1882) (Papuan black snapper)
  Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) (Gorean snapper)
  Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758) (grey snapper)
  Lutjanus guilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959 (yellow-fin red snapper)
  Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869) (spotted rose snapper)
  Lutjanus indicus G. R. Allen, W. T. White & Erdmann, 2013
  Lutjanus inermis (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (golden snapper)
  Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (dog snapper)
  Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792) (John's snapper)
  Lutjanus jordani (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (Jordan's snapper)
  Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) (common blue-striped snapper)
  Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (yellow-streaked snapper)
  Lutjanus lunulatus (M. Park, 1797) (lunar-tail snapper)
  Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790 (big-eye snapper)
  Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831) (Indian snapper)
  Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828) (mahogany snapper)
  Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Malabar blood snapper)
  Lutjanus maxweberi Popta, 1921 (pygmy snapper)
  Lutjanus mizenkoi G. R. Allen & Talbot, 1985 (Samoan snapper)
  Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828) (one-spot snapper)
  Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828) (blue-striped snapper)
  Lutjanus novemfasciatus T. N. Gill, 1862 (Pacific dog snapper or Pacific cubera snapper
  Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier, 1828) (white-belly snapper)
  Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860) (spot-stripe snapper)
  Lutjanus papuensis G. R. Allen, W. T. White & Erdmann, 2013 (Papuan snapper)
  Lutjanus peru (Nichols & R. C. Murphy, 1922) (Pacific red snapper)
  Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866) (southern red snapper)
  Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) (five-lined snapper)
  Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) (blubber-lip snapper)
  Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (yellow-lined snapper)
  Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) (Russell's snapper)
  Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828) (humphead snapper)
  Lutjanus sapphirolineatus Iwatsuki, Al-Mamry & Heemstra, 2016 (Arabian blue-striped snapper)
  Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) (emperor red snapper)
  Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (black-banded snapper)
  Lutjanus stellatus Akazaki, 1983 (star snapper)
  Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lane snapper)
  Lutjanus
caption: Lutjanus bohar
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