Golden Snapper, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch 1792)
Other Names: Big-scaled Bream, Fingermark Bream, Fingermark Seaperch, John's Sea-perch, John's Snapper, Red Bream, Spotted-scale Sea Perch, Spotted-scale Sea-perch
A Golden Snapper, Lutjanus johnii, at Mornington Island, Queensland. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution
Summary:
A yellowish tropical snapper with a bronze to silvery sheen, becoming silvery white below, with a large black blotch mainly above the lateral line below the anterior dorsal-fin rays, and a reddish-brown spot on each scale forming fine horizontal lines along the side.
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Bray, D.J. 2023, Lutjanus johnii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/558
Golden Snapper, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch 1792)
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Distribution |
Northern Australia, from the Prince Regent River, the Kimberley, Western Australia, to about Mackay, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits inshore coastal and estuarine reefs, often in silty areas; juveniles occur among mangroves. Large adults reportedly form schools in turbid waters around reefs in muddy coastal areas and occasionally on offshore sandy trawl grounds. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin X,13-14; Anal fin III,8. Dorsal head profile steep; preorbital width equal to or greater than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on fishes and benthic invertebrates including shrimps, crabs and cephalopods. |
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Fisheries |
Taken in commercial and recreational fisheries. |
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Species Citation |
Anthias johnii Bloch 1792, Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische 6: 113. Type locality: Suratta, India. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2023 |
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Golden Snapper, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch 1792)
References
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Bloch, M.E. 1792. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin : J. Morino Vol. 6 126 pp. pls 289-323.
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