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Blue-and-Gold Snapper

Lutjanus viridis

Also known as: Blue-striped Snapper, Pargos

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@eguiney · Okeanos Agressor, Costa Rica · May 20141 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in large schools, over coral and rocky areas of coastal reefs.
They feed nocturnally on cephalopods, crustaceans and small fish.

Most Snappers live in moderate depths, however there are a few that live much deeper. Juveniles found on inshore reefs.
They are nocturnal predators that mainly feed on fish, but will eat crustaceans, gastropods and cephalopods.
Some smaller family members eat zooplankton.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly or in large schools, over coral and rocky areas of coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLutjanidae
    6. genusLutjanus
    7. speciesLutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846)

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    More in the family

    Snappers (Lutjanidae)