Star snapper - 114e HK Reef Fish

This website www.114ehkreeffish.org/reef-fish/star-snapper/?lang=en is currently offline. Cloudflare's Always Online™ shows a snapshot of this web page from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. To check for the live version, click Refresh.

Photo By: Allen To

Photo By: Gomen See

Photo By: Stan Shea

Photo By: Stan Shea

Photo By: Stan Shea

Star snapper

Characteristics

Usually occurs singly.
A popular food fish that can be easily found in local wet markets. Most of these individuals are from mariculture.

Description

Adult:

Body brown to purplish.
A white patch on rear body, above lateral line.
A blue line from snout to operculum.
Dorsal, anal and caudal fins yellowish, but grey basally.

Juvenile:

Body yellowish with horizontal blue lines.
A white dot bordered with black border on rear body.
Two blue lines from snout to operculum.
Fins yellowish.

Common Name: Star snapper

Family Common Name: Snappers

Family: Lutjanidae

Scientific Name: Lutjanus stellatus___(Akazaki, 1983)

Genus: Lutjanus

Maximum Length: 55 cm (Total Length)