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Schoolmaster

Lutjanus apodus

Also known as: Dogtooth Snapper, Schoolmaster Snapper, Schooly

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@hanoihancock · Bahia Principe Tulum, Mexico · March 20151 / 29

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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.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
yellow fins

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 29
LIVES IN

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.

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Adult photos 29

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLutjanidae
    6. genusLutjanus
    7. speciesLutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)

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    More in the family

    Snappers (Lutjanidae)