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Blackfin Snapper

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Blackfin Snapper

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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