Lutjanidae

93 species in this family

The Lutjanidae family includes 93 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.

African brown snapper

Lutjanus dentatus

Lutjanidae

African forktail snapper

Apsilus fuscus

Lutjanidae

African red snapper

Lutjanus agennes

Lutjanidae

Ambiguous snapper

Lutjanus ambiguus

Lutjanidae

American red

Lutjanus purpureus

Lutjanidae

Banded flower snapper

Pristipomoides zonatus

Lutjanidae

Barred pargo

Hoplopagrus guentherii

Lutjanidae

Bastard snapper

Rhomboplites aurorubens

Lutjanidae

Bengal snapper

Lutjanus bengalensis

Lutjanidae

Big-eyed snapper

Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus

Lutjanidae

Big-mouth nannygai

Lutjanus malabaricus

Lutjanidae

Big-scaled bream

Lutjanus johnii

Lutjanidae

Bigeye sea perch

Lutjanus lutjanus

Lutjanidae

Bigeye snapper

Pristipomoides macrophthalmus

Lutjanidae

Black and white snapper

Macolor niger

Lutjanidae

Black snapper

Apsilus dentatus

Lutjanidae

Black spot red snapper

Lutjanus monostigma

Lutjanidae

Black spot snapper

Lutjanus buccanella

Lutjanidae

Black-banded seaperch

Lutjanus semicinctus

Lutjanidae

Black-spot sea perch

Lutjanus fulviflamma

Lutjanidae

Blackspot snapper

Lutjanus ehrenbergii

Lutjanidae

Blacktail snapper

Lutjanus fulvus

Lutjanidae

Blear-eyed snapper

Etelis oculatus

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Blood snapper

Lutjanus sanguineus

Lutjanidae

Blubberlip snapper

Lutjanus rivulatus

Lutjanidae

Blue and gold snapper

Lutjanus viridis

Lutjanidae

Blue and yellow snapper

Lutjanus kasmira

Lutjanidae

Blue-banded sea-perch

Lutjanus quinquelineatus

Lutjanidae

Blue-gray snapper

Aprion virescens

Lutjanidae

Blueline snapper

Lutjanus coeruleolineatus

Lutjanidae

Bluespot jobfish

Pristipomoides filamentosus

Lutjanidae

Bluestriped snapper

Lutjanus notatus

Lutjanidae

Bohar snapper

Lutjanus bohar

Lutjanidae

Broadband seaperch

Lutjanus vitta

Lutjanidae

Button snapper

Lutjanus boutton

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Canteen snapper

Lutjanus cyanopterus

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Checkered seaperch

Lutjanus decussatus

Lutjanidae

Chinamanfish

Symphorus nematophorus

Lutjanidae

Cola

Ocyurus chrysurus

Lutjanidae

Colorado snapper

Lutjanus colorado

Lutjanidae

Creek red bream

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Lutjanidae

Crimson snapper

Lutjanus erythropterus

Lutjanidae

Darktail snapper

Lutjanus lemniscatus

Lutjanidae

Day's jobfish

Pristipomoides multidens

Lutjanidae

Deep snapper

Etelis carbunculus

Lutjanidae

Deepwater longtail red snapper

Etelis coruscans

Lutjanidae

Dog snapper

Lutjanus jocu

Lutjanidae

Dog snapper

Lutjanus novemfasciatus

Lutjanidae

Dusky snapper

Paracaesio sordida

Lutjanidae

Dusky-striped sea-perch

Lutjanus carponotatus

Lutjanidae

Emperor bream

Lutjanus sebae

Lutjanidae

Fingermark bream

Lutjanus russellii

Lutjanidae

Fusilier

Pinjalo pinjalo

Lutjanidae

Goldband snapper

Pristipomoides typus

Lutjanidae

Golden African snapper

Lutjanus fulgens

Lutjanidae

Golden snapper

Lutjanus inermis

Lutjanidae

Goldflag jobfish

Pristipomoides auricilla

Lutjanidae

Goldlined snapper

Lutjanus rufolineatus

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Gorean snapper

Lutjanus goreensis

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Grey snapper

Lutjanus griseus

Lutjanidae

Guinea snapper

Lutjanus endecacanthus

Lutjanidae

Humpback red snapper

Lutjanus gibbus

Lutjanidae

Indian snapper

Lutjanus madras

Lutjanidae

Japanese snapper

Paracaesio caerulea

Lutjanidae

Jobfish

Pristipomoides sieboldii

Lutjanidae

Jordan's snapper

Lutjanus jordani

Lutjanidae

Lane snapper

Lutjanus synagris

Lutjanidae

Lantern jaw

Lutjanus mahogoni

Lutjanidae

Lunartail snapper

Lutjanus lunulatus

Lutjanidae

Midnight snapper

Macolor macularis

Lutjanidae

Mullet snapper

Lutjanus aratus

Lutjanidae

Mutton fish

Lutjanus analis

Lutjanidae

Northern red snapper

Lutjanus campechanus

Lutjanidae

Pacific red snapper

Lutjanus peru

Lutjanidae

Randall's snapper

Randallichthys filamentosus

Lutjanidae

Rose snapper

Lutjanus guttatus

Lutjanidae

Rusty jobfish

Aphareus rutilans

Lutjanidae

Saddleback snapper

Paracaesio kusakarii

Lutjanidae

Sailfin snapper

Symphorichthys spilurus

Lutjanidae

Schoolmaster snapper

Lutjanus apodus

Lutjanidae

Silk snapper

Lutjanus vivanus

Lutjanidae

Slender pinjalo

Pinjalo lewisi

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Slender pink snapper

Pristipomoides freemani

Lutjanidae

Smalltooth jobfish

Aphareus furca

Lutjanidae

Snapper

Lutjanus biguttatus

Lutjanidae

Spotstripe snapper

Lutjanus ophuysenii

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Tang's snapper

Lipocheilus carnolabrum

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Timor snapper

Lutjanus timoriensis

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Twelvespine snapper

Lutjanus dodecacanthoides

Lutjanidae

Wenchman

Pristipomoides aquilonaris

Lutjanidae

Yellow snapper

Lutjanus argentiventris

Lutjanidae

Yellowbanded snapper

Lutjanus adetii

Lutjanidae

Yellowtail blue snapper

Paracaesio xanthura

Lutjanidae