Lutjanus sanguineus

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Scientific:: Lutjanus sanguineus
German:: Schnapper
English:: Humphead Snapper

Category:: Snappere
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjanus (Genus) > sanguineus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Cuvier, ), 1828

Occurrence:: Pakistan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Eritrea, Irak, Comores, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Quatar, Tansania, Hong Kong, Iran, Kuwait, Somalia, Djibouti, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, India, Jordan, Arabiske hav, Bahrain, Centrale stillehav, Egypten, Indiske ocean, Indonesien, Kenya, Kina, Madagascar, Mauritius , Rødehavet, Seychellerne, Sri Lanka, Syd Afrika, Vestlige Indiske ocean, Vestlige Stillehav, Øst Afrika
Size:: 50 cm - 100 cm
Temperature:: °C - 25°C
Food:: Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Frozen food (small sorts), Krabber, Muslinge kød, Muslinger, Skaldyr, Små fisk, Taskekrabber
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lutjanus adetii
Schnapper
Lutjanus agennes
Roter Afrikanischer Schnapper
Lutjanus alexandrei
Lutjanus ambiguus
Lutjanus analis
Mutton-Schnapper
Lutjanus apodus
Schulmeister-Schnapper
Lutjanus aratus
Schnapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Mangroven-Schnapper
Lutjanus argentiventris
Gelber Schnapper
Lutjanus bengalensis
Lutjanus biguttatus
Zweifleck-Schnapper
Lutjanus bitaeniatus
Lutjanus bohar
Doppelfleck-Schnapper
Lutjanus boutton
Lutjanus buccanella
Lutjanus campechanus
Lutjanus carponotatus
Goldstreifen-Suesslippe
Lutjanus coeruleolineatus
Schnapper
Lutjanus colorado
Lutjanus cyanopterus
Schnapper
Lutjanus decussatus
Schachbrett-Schnapper
Lutjanus dentatus
Lutjanus dodecacanthoides
Lutjanus ehrenbergii
Schwarzpunkt Schnapper
Lutjanus endecacanthus
Lutjanus erythropterus
Lutjanus fulgens
Buckelschnapper
Lutjanus fulviflamma
Schwarzflecken-Schnapper
Lutjanus fulvus
Schwarzschwanz-Schnapper
Lutjanus fuscescens
Lutjanus gibbus
Buckel-Schnapper
Lutjanus goldiei
Lutjanus goreensis
"Goree-Schnapper"
Lutjanus griseus
Grauer Schnapper
Lutjanus guilcheri
Lutjanus guttatus
Schnapper
Lutjanus indicus
Lutjanus inermis
Schapper
Lutjanus jocu
Schnapper
Lutjanus johnii
Schnapper
Lutjanus jordani
Lutjanus kasmira
Blausteifen-Schnapper
Lutjanus lemniscatus
Lutjanus lunulatus
Gelbbauchschnapper
Lutjanus lutjanus
Gewöhnlicher-Snapper
Lutjanus madras
Lutjanus mahogoni
Mahagony-Schnapper
Lutjanus malabaricus
Schnapper
Lutjanus maxweberi
Lutjanus mizenkoi
Schnapper
Lutjanus monostigma
Einfleck-Schnapper
Lutjanus notatus
Lutjanus novemfasciatus
Lutjanus ophuysenii
Lutjanus papuensis
Schnapper
Lutjanus peru
Lutjanus purpureus
Lutjanus quinquelineatus
Schnapper
Lutjanus rivulatus
Blaulippen Schnapper
Lutjanus rufolineatus
Lutjanus russellii
Schnapper
Lutjanus sanguineus
Schnapper
Lutjanus sebae
Kaiser-Schnapper
Lutjanus semicínctus
Schnapper
Lutjanus stellatus
Lutjanus synagris
Schnaper
Lutjanus timoriensis
Schnapper
Lutjanus viridis
Schnapper
Lutjanus vitta
Lutjanus vivanus

More related species in this lexicon:

Lutjanus xanthopinnis
Schnapper

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-04-14 15:51:46
Last edit:: 2016-04-14 15:51:46

Husbandry

Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828)
Humphead snapper

Many Thank to Keith Wilson for the wonderful picture.

Adults inhabit coral and rocky reefs to depths of at least 100 m. Captured mainly at night on coral banks off Mafia Island (Tanzania) in 9 to 12 m and off Zanzibar in about 75 m. They are active at night feeding over sandy or rubble bottoms

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