Lutjanus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Malabar
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11226868 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B20633-FF8F-FFC4-FCB8-EDBDFE118157 |
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Felipe |
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Lutjanus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Malabar |
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26. Lutjanus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Malabar View in CoL red snapper (Figure 27)
Material examined: 1 ex., 08.06.2011, Mohana, Digha, Reg No. MARC /ZSI/F1829.
Description: D: 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8-9. Body relatively deep, dorsal profile of head steeply sloped; tongue smooth, without teeth;caudal fin truncate. Body red, pale in lower part; fins reddish; black band on caudal peduncle. Caught mainly by handlines, very common, commercially important and excellent food fish.
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.
Remarks: The fish is highly commercial, gamefish, ornamental. Size: 100 cm.
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