Amarillo snapper
Lutjanus argentiventris
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 5 countries and 3 regions.
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 29 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 21 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 142 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 141 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 72 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 37 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 149 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 15 records