Species: Lutjanus rivulatus
English Name: Blubberlip Snapper
Chinese Name: 海雞母笛鯛, 藍點笛鯛
Family: Lutjanidae
Description:
The Blubberlip Snappers are olive-green on back, and white to silverfish on belly. Its head has numerous wavy white or bluish bands across cheeks. On the lateral line below the anterior part of soft dorsal fin there is a pearly blotch with black edge. Each body scales have a white or bluish dot. Fins largely yellowish with shading of dusky brown, sometimes dark brown cross bar at level of pectoral fin base. Can grow up to a length of 80 cm. Lives in coral reefs or shallow inshore flats. Preys on fishes, cephalopods and benthic crustaceans. Commercialized for human use.
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References:
– Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO.
– Sanaye, Sushant. 2010. Diacope rivulata Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2 1828. 414.