Blacktail Snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)


Other Names: Black-tail Snapper, Blacktailed Snapper, Flametail Snapper, Redmargined Seaperch, Waigeu Snapper, Yellowmargined Sea Perch, Yellow-margined Sea Perch, Yellow-margined Sea Perch, Yellow-margined Seaperch, Yellow-margined Sea-perch

A Blacktail Snapper, Lutjanus fulvus, in Tahiti, French Polynesia, November 2016. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
An orange-brown or brownish to pale yellowish or whitish tropical snapper, with a white margin on dark reddish to blackish dorsal and caudal fins, yellow anal, pectoral and pelvic fins, brownish to yellow scale margins, and a yellow patch above the eye. Juveniles have yellowish stripes along the body and a black submarginal band on the dorsal fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Lutjanus fulvus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/556

Blacktail Snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

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Distribution

Known in the Australian region from Scott Reef, Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, to Sydney, New South Wales; also at Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean, and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands in the Central pacific. 
The Blacktail Snapper was introduced to Hawaii from Moorea in 1956 to supplement stocks of edible reef fishes.
Inhabits inshore coral reefs and lagoons, often sheltering in deep holes or areas with large boulders during the day - usually at depths of 2-40 m. Individuals may also enter mangrove areas and the lower parts of rivers and streams.

Features

Dorsal fin X, 13-14; Anal fin III, 8. 
Body depth 2.3-2.8 in SL; dorsal profile of head steeply sloped; preorbital bone about equal in width to eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob well developed. 
Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. 

Feeding

Carnivore - usually feeds at night on fishes, crustaceans, cephalopod molluscs and holothurians (sea cucumbers).

Species Citation

Holocentrus fulvus Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Systema Ichthyologiae: 318. Type locality: Tahiti.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Blacktail Snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

References


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Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21.

Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp.

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island.Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.

Allen, G.R. & Talbot, F.H. 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: 1-87.

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Russell, B., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Lawrence, A., Carpenter, K.E. & Myers, R. 2016. Lutjanus fulvus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T194377A2325959. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T194377A2325959.en. Downloaded on 20 March 2018.

Shimose, T. & Nanami, A. 2014. Age, growth and reproductive biology of blacktail snapper, Lutjanus fulvus around the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan. Ichthyological Research 61: 322-331.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37346043

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Danger:Possible ciguatera poisoning

Depth:1-75 m

Fishing:Commercial, recreational fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:40 cm TL

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