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Midnight Snapper

Macolor macularis

Also known as: Black-and-White Seaperch, Black-and-White Snapper, Midnight Seaperch, Newspaperfish, Seaperch

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@colinscott · Chaaya Reef, Ellaidhoo, Maldives · October 20121 / 22

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Overview

Found singly or in loose schools, over reef channels, slopes, and walls, of lagoons and coral reefs, rich in coral growth.
They feed nocturnally on zooplankton.

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
spots
Head & Mouth
yellow eye

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Country only · 22
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Found singly or in loose schools, over reef channels, slopes, and walls, of lagoons and coral reefs, rich in coral growth.

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Adult photos 22

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLutjanidae
    6. genusMacolor
    7. speciesMacolor macularis Fowler, 1931

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    More in the family

    Snappers (Lutjanidae)