Spot Snapper
Lutjanus mahogoni
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 57 diving areas across 30 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 5 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 11 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 32 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 810 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 40 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 48 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 48 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 12 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 202 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 143 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 16 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 89 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 80 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 14 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 13 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 8 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 8 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 7 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 9 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 25 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 7 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 190 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 284 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 282 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 23 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 20 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 18 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 8 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 6 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 10 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 11 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 607 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 201 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 48 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 67 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 29 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 24 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 38 records
- Utila, Honduras - 62 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 23 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 23 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 36 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 349 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 55 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 9 records