Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Lutjanidae
Description: color generally red, with yellowish caudal, anal, and pelvic fins; distinctive and prominent dark comma-shaped blotch at the base of the pectoral fins, which gives the fish its common name; anal fin rounded; no black spot on side underneath dorsal fin
Similar fish: other snappers
Where found: adults offshore near continental shelf break
Size: common to 20 inches, larger individuals found in deeper waters
Remarks: sometimes marketed as red snapper; feeds on smaller fishes
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