Lutjanus

• Main Authors: Rodrigo L. Moura, Kenyon C. Lindeman
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Lutjanidae; Lutjanus; Camber; Mutton; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6249437; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249437

[[Lutjanus]] Based on the new information added here, a total of eight Lutjanus species are now recorded from the southwestern Atlantic (Brazilian common names are in parentheses): L. alexandrei, the Brazilian snapper (“ baúna ”, “caranha”, “caranho”); L. analis (Cuvier), the mutton snapper (“caranho-vermelho”, “cioba”, “saioba”); L. bucanella (Cuvier), the blackfin snapper (“pargo-boca-preta”); L. cyanopterus (Cuvier), the cubera snapper (“caranha”, “caranho”); L. jocu (Bloch & Schneider), the dog snapper (“ dentão ”, “vermelho”); L. purpureus (Poey), the southern red snapper (“pargo”, “vermelho”, “cachucho”); L. synagris (Linnaeus), the lane snapper (“ greacó ”, “ ariocó ”, “vermelho-henrique”, “ baúna ”); and L. vivanus (Cuvier), the silk snapper (“pargo”, “vermelho”). Brazilian records of L. mahogany (Cuvier), the mahogany snapper are probably based on misidentifications (Carvalho-Filho 1994). As noted for the western North Atlantic (e.g. Camber 1955, Carpenter1965), common names used for snappers has been very inconsistent in the southwestern Atlantic. Key to the Western Atlantic species of Lutjanus (modified from Allen 1985 and Anderson 2003) 1a. Dorsal fin with 10 spines and usually 12 soft rays (rarely 11 or 13).2 1b. Dorsal fin usually with 10 spines (rarely 9 or 11) and 14 soft rays (rarely 13 or 15). 3 2a. Gill rakers 7-8 + 15-17 (including rudiments); 1/4 to 1/2 of black lateral spot extending below lateral line; no evident paler (yellow in life) stripes on body and head; angle of preopercle greatly projecting and strongly serrated. L. mahogoni (Cuvier) [southeastern coast of Florida and eastern coast of Yucatan peninsula to Venezuela] 2b. Gill rakers 6-7 + 13-14 (including rudiments); less than 1/4 of black lateral spot extending below lateral line; 8-10 prominent paler (golden-yellow in life) stripes on body, often also 3-4 irregular paler (goldenyellow in life) stripes on head; angle of preopercle scarcely projecting and finely serrated. L. synagris (Linnaeus) [Bermuda and North Carolina to ...