Lutjanus
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[Photo] Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus. Paddletail, Lutjanus gibbus - Melbourne Aquarium. Taken by Fir0002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fir0002

Genus Lutjanus includes about 67 species of perciform fish commonly known as snappers. The most well-known species in the genus is the red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), a popular food fish.

Species include:

Yellow-banded snapper, Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873).
African red snapper, Lutjanus agennes (Bleeker, 1863).
Ambiguous snapper, Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860).
Mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828).
Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792).
Mullet snapper, Lutjanus aratus (G??nther, 1864).
Mangrove red snapper, Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forssk??l, 1775).
Yellow snapper, Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869).
Bengal snapper, Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790).
Two-spot banded snapper, Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
Indonesian snapper, Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
Two-spot red snapper, Lutjanus bohar (Forssk??l, 1775).
Moluccan snapper, Lutjanus boutton (Lac??p??de, 1802).
Blackfin snapper, Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, 1828).
Northern red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860).
Spanish flag snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842).
Blueline snapper, Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (R??ppell, 1838).
Colorado snapper, Lutjanus colorado (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
Cubera snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828).
Checkered snapper, Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828).
African brown snapper, Lutjanus dentatus (Dum??ril, 1861).
Sunbeam snapper, Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854).
Blackspot snapper, Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869).
Guinea snapper, Lutjanus endecacanthus (Bleeker, 1863).
Crimson snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus (Bloch, 1790).
Golden African snapper, Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830).
Dory snapper, Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forssk??l, 1775).
Blacktail snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801).
Freshwater snapper, Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830).
Humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus (Forssk??l, 1775).
Papuan black snapper, Lutjanus goldiei (Macleay, 1882).
Gorean snapper, Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830).
Mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Yellowfin red snapper, Lutjanus guilcheri (Fourmanoir, 1959).
Spotted rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869).
Eastern Pacific golden snapper, Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869).
Dog snapper, Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
John's snapper, Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792).
Jordan's snapper, Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898).
Common bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira (Forssk??l, 1775).
Yellowstreaked snapper, Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828).
Lunartail snapper, Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797).
Bigeye snapper, Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790).
Indian snapper, Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831).
Mahogany snapper, Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828).
Malabar blood snapper, Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
Pygmy snapper, Lutjanus maxweberi (Popta, 1921).
Samoan snapper, Lutjanus mizenkoi (Allen & Talbot, 1985).
Onespot snapper, Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828).
Bluestriped snapper, Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828).
Pacific cubera snapper, Lutjanus novemfasciatus (Gill, 1862).
Spotstripe snapper, Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860).
Pacific red snapper, Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922).
Southern red snapper, Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1876).
Five-lined snapper, Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790).
Blubberlip snapper, Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828).
Yellow-lined snapper, Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830).
Russell's snapper, Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849).
Humphead snapper, Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828).
Emperor red snapper, Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816).
Black-banded snapper, Lutjanus semicinctus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
Star snapper, Lutjanus stellatus (Akazaki, 1983).
Lane snapper, Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758).
Timor snapper, Lutjanus timorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
Blue and gold snapper, Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846).
Brownstripe red snapper, Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
Silk snapper, Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828).

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