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Conservation Status

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  • Sordid Snapper Sordid Snapper Paracaesio sordida Abe & Shinohara 1962 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Paracaesio
  • Pale Ruby Snapper Pale Ruby Snapper Etelis radiosus Anderson 1981 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Etelis
  • Paddletail Paddletail Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål 1775) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Lutjanus
  • Black-and-white Snapper Black-and-white Snapper Macolor niger (Forsskål 1775) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Macolor
  • Sharptooth Snapper Sharptooth Snapper Pristipomoides typus Bleeker 1852 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Pristipomoides
  • Ehrenberg's Snapper Ehrenberg's Snapper Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters 1869) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Lutjanus
  • Saddleback Snapper Saddleback Snapper Paracaesio kusakarii Abe 1960 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Paracaesio
  • Bluestriped Snapper Bluestriped Snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål 1775) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Lutjanus A striking tropical snapper with a bright yellow body with four narrow brilliant blue stripes along the sides, a silvery-white belly with faint greyish stripes, and bright yellow fins. Video of Bluestriped Snapper (aka Bluelined Snapper) in the Maldives .
  • Flame Snapper Flame Snapper Etelis coruscans Valenciennes 1862 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Etelis A slender deep pink to reddish jobfish becoming pink below, with pink to reddish fins. The Flame Snapper has a small head, large eyes, and a deeply forked tail with very long upper and lower lobes. 
  • Blackbanded Snapper Blackbanded Snapper Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard 1824 Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Lutjanidae > Lutjanus
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