Species: Lutjanus colorado, Colorado snapper
Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Colorado snapper
Body moderately deep; front and rear nostrils simple holes; mouth relatively large and protractile; teeth conical to caniniform, those at front of jaws generally enlarged and fang-like; tooth patch at central roof of mouth crescentic, without rear extension; sides of roof of mouth with 1 tooth patch; 16-17 gill rakers; preopercle serrated, lower margin notched; dorsal rays X, 13-14, dorsal continuous; anal rays III, 8; soft dorsal and anal with pointed ends; tail edge ~ straight; bases of soft dorsal and anal fins scaly; scale rows on upper back parallel to lateral line.
Body and fins mostly dark red, pink or whitish on belly; small specimens may have dusky bars on side.
Size: reported to reach 107 cm.
Habitat: occurs on offshore rocky reefs to at least 50 m, young often found inshore, sometimes in shallow estuaries.
Depth: 0-90 m.
Southern California to the Gulf of California to Peru; Cocos and Malpelo.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Freshwater
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 107
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 90
