amarillo snapper

Lutjanus argentiventris

Fish Reaching Seventy One Centimeters in Eastern Pacific

amarillo snapper is known around Eastern Pacific as a fish; The largest recorded length is 71 cm, and its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Maximum length: 71 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California to Peru, rare north of Baja California, Mexico; also at the Cocos and Galapagos islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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