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Snappers
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Snappers

Lutjanidae

Snappers are a family of perciform fish, Lutjanidae, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water. The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 138 known species

Fusiliers

subfamilyLutjaninae

Etelinae

subfamilyEtelinae

Paradicichthyinae

subfamilyParadicichthyinae

Apsilinae

subfamilyApsilinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47295.