Shorefishes - Gallery

elongate
pointed head

grey; orange on fins
edges of preopercle & opercle black

D & A: end in filaments
C very forked

Aphareus furca, Small-toothed jobfish

front nostril = long tube

body deep
~ 6 double dark bars

Hoplopagrus guentherii, Barred pargo, Mexican barred snapper

elongate

body light + dark lines

D XI-XII

Lutjanus aratus, Mullet snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch a V or crescent

red & yellow
blue line under eye

Lutjanus argentiventris, Amarillo snapper, Yellow snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch anchor shaped

dark red

above LL: scale rows parallel to LL

Lutjanus colorado, Colorado snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch a crescent

A 8, pointed

silver/pink + yellow stripes & black blotch

Lutjanus guttatus, Spotted rose snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch a V, with short rear extension

A 8, rounded

elongate

dark lines along scale rows

C: forked, fin & base yellow

Lutjanus inermis, Pacific rabirrubia, Golden snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch triangular, with short rear extension

oblong

grey to red

above LL: scale rows parallel to LL

Lutjanus jordani, Whipper snapper, Jordan's snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch diamond shaped

A: rounded, 9

oblong

grey-brown + 8-9 dark bars

above LL: scale rows oblique

Lutjanus novemfasciatus, Pacific dog snapper, Pacific cubera snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch a crescent

tongue - at least 1 patch granular teeth

A: rounded, 7-8

oval
2 grooves - eye to nostril + behind eye

silvery pink

above LL: scale rows oblique

Lutjanus peru, Pacific red snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch diamond shaped

A 8, pointed

yellow + 5 blue & black stripes

Lutjanus viridis, Blue-and-gold snapper

roof mouth - tooth patch a V

fusiform

red + yellow oblique bars

D & A - last ray with filament
C deeply forked

Pristipomoides zonatus, Oblique-banded snapper