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Lutjanus decussatus
Species Details
 
Scientific Name:
Lutjanus decussatus
Family/Order/Class:
Lutjanidae (Snappers)
subFamily Lutjaninae /
Perciformes / Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Common Name:
Checkered snapper
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific: southern India and Sri Lanka to New Guinea, north to the Ryukyu Islands.
Climate:
tropical; 30°N - 18°S
Environment:
reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 30 m
Description:
Inhabits both inshore and offshore coral reefs where it occurs singly or in schools. Small juveniles on shallow protected reef flats and are used in the aquarium trade.
Reference: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2004. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (05/2004) and Allen, G.R.. 1985.

Lutjanus decussatus is a Checkered snapper

       
 

 

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