Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Lutjanidae
Description: color olive gray on upper sides with yellow tinge, sometimes
with reddish tinge around head; long triangular snout; eight pale vertical bars
on the side of the body; yellow fins; blue stripe below eye, becoming
interrupted in adults; no dark lateral spot
Similar fish: dog
snapper, L. jocu; other snappers
Where found: juveniles in
grass flats; adults nearshore especially around elkhorn coral reefs; large
adults sometimes found on continental shelf
Size: usually less
than 1 pound
Remarks: spawns July and August; attain sizes of 8
pounds and 24 inches; slow grower, feeds on crustaceans, small fishes, and
gastropods
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