Species: Lutjanus guttatus, Spotted rose snapper
Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869)
Spotted rose snapper
Body a moderately deep oval; 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 in a V, with a moderately long pointed rear extension; sides of roof of mouth with 1 tooth patch; 16-17 gill rakers; preopercle serrated, lower margin notched; dorsal rays X, 12-13, dorsal continuous; anal rays III, 8; soft dorsal and anal with pointed to angular ends; tail edge ~ straight; bases of soft dorsal and anal fins scaly; scale rows on upper back rising obliquely above lateral line.
Pale crimson or pinkish to yellowish with silvery sheen with narrow golden-green to brownish oblique stripes; a distinctive black spot or smudge on back below middle portion of dorsal fin.
Size: reported to reach 80 cm, common to 40 cm.
Habitat: occurs inshore in sandy bays, also in deeper trawling grounds.
Depth: 0-120 m.
Northern Baja California to the Gulf of California to Peru, Cocos and Malpelo.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Freshwater
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- All species
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 80
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 120
