Schoolmaster
Lutjanus apodus
Also known as: Dogtooth Snapper, Schoolmaster Snapper, Schooly
- Dogtooth Snapper
- Schoolmaster Snapper
- Schooly
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Overview
Found in small to large schools, hovering above reefs, often in the shade of large corals, especially elkhorn corals or gorgonians, in clear water, shallow, coastal coral reefs.
The feed on cephalopods, crustaceans, fish, and invertebrates.
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
- Country only · 29
Found in small to large schools, hovering above reefs, often in the shade of large corals, especially elkhorn corals or gorgonians, in clear water, shallow, coastal coral reefs.
Adult photos 29
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