Gray Snapper
Lutjanus cyanopterus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 46 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 102 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 77 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 3 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 12 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 14 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 114 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 39 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 28 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 106 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 112 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 14 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 10 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records