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
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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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