Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Bigeye snapper
Lutjanus lutjanus
Bigeye snapper
Category: Snappers
Scientific Name: Lutjanus lutjanus
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)
Depth: 30-300 ft. (10-90 m)
Distribution: Asian Pacific, Red Sea, Australia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Lutjanidae (Family)
└Lutjanus (Genus)
└L. lutjanus (Species)
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