Red snapper is a common name of several fish species. It may refer to: * Several species from the genus ''

Lutjanus ''Lutjanus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. They are predatory fish usually found in tropical and subtropical reefs, and mangrove fo ...

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Lutjanus campechanus The northern red snapper (''Lutjanus campechanus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits e ...

'', Northern red snapper, commonly referred to as red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean ** ''

Lutjanus purpureus ''Lutjanus purpureus'', the southern red snapper or Caribbean red snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean as well the Caribbean Sea. Taxonomy ''Lu ...

'', Southern red snapper, is one of several ''

'' species called red snapper (or by the name ''

huachinango The northern red snapper (''Lutjanus campechanus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits ...

'' in Mexico) or Pargo in South America ** Red snappers from Southeast Asian waters may be ''

'' species such as ''

Lutjanus argentimaculatus The mangrove red snapper (''Lutjanus argentimaculatus''), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi, is a species ...

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Lutjanus malabaricus ''Lutjanus malabaricus'', the Malabar blood snapper, saddletail snapper, large-mouthed nannygai, large-mouthed sea-perch, Malabar snapper, nannygai, red bass, red bream, red emperor, red Jew, red snapper, saddletail seaperch, scarlet emperor or s ...

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Lutjanus sebae ''Lutjanus sebae'', also known as red emperor, emperor red snapper, emperor snapper, government bream, king snapper, queenfish or red kelp, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the ...

'' * Several species from the genus ''

Sebastes ''Sebastes'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae, most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. They are found ...

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Sebastes miniatus ''Sebastes miniatus'', the vermilion rockfish, vermilion seaperch, red snapper, red rock cod, and rasher, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native ...

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Sebastes ruberrimus The yelloweye rockfish (''Sebastes ruberrimus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. and one of the biggest members of the genus ''Sebastes''. Its name der ...

'', commonly referred to as red snapper along the Pacific coast of North America * Several species from the genus ''

Centroberyx ''Centroberyx'', often referred to as nannygais, is genus of ray-finned fishes found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, with the greatest species richness off southern Australia. They are reddish in colour and somewhat resemble the ...

'': ** '' Centroberyx affinis'', commonly referred to as red snapper in New Zealand ** '' Centroberyx gerrardi'', one of several species commonly referred to as red snapper in Australia * ''Etelis coruscans'', long tail red snapper, commonly referred to as onaga in Hawaii * ''

Pagrus major ''Pagrus major'' or red seabream is a fish species in the family Sparidae. It is also known by its Japanese name, madai. The fish has high culinary and cultural importance in Japan, and is also frequently eaten in Korea and Taiwan. Range an ...

'', referred to as red snapper in English in contexts concerning Japanese regional cuisine

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