Five-lined snapper
Lutjanus quinquelineatus
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 32 diving areas across 18 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 8 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 15 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 6 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 4 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 9 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 5 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 8 records