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Lutjanus
''Lutjanus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the Family (biology), family Lutjanidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. They are predation, predatory fish usually found in tropical and subtropical reefs, and mangrove forests. This genus also includes two species that only occur in fresh water, fresh and brackish waters. Taxonomy ''Lutjanus'' was created in 1790 by the German people, German physician and zoologist Marcus Elieser Bloch with ''Lutjanus lutjanus'' as its type species by tautonymy. It is the type genus of the subfamily Lutjaninae and the family Lutjanidae. The name is derived from a local Indonesian name for snappers, ''ikhan Lutjang''. Bloch erroneously stated that the Type locality (biology), type locality for ''L. lutjanus'' was Japan when the name he gave it suggested that it was collected in the East Indies. A taxonomic study of snappers within the subfamily Lutjaninae in the tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutjanus Lutjanus
The bigeye snapper (''Lutjanus lutjanus''), also known as the bigeye seaperch, red sea lined snapper, golden striped snapper, rosy snapper, yellow snapper, or simply snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the Family (biology), family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is the type species of the genus ''Lutjanus''. Taxonomy The bigeye snapper was first formally Species description, described in 1790 by the German people, German physician and zoologist Marcus Elieser Bloch with the Type locality (biology), type locality given as Japan, although this is thought to be erroneous and is actually Indonesia. Bloch named the genus ''Lutjanus'' when he described this species and it is the type species of that genus by tautonymy. The name, ''lutjanus'', is derived from a local Indonesian name for snappers, ''ikhan Lutjang''. Description The bigeye snapper has a fusiform, slender body which has a standard length t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
