Snapper
Lutjanus synagris
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
Where to Find
Found in 56 diving areas across 29 countries and 5 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 4 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 843 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 10 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 5 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 199 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 188 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 4 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 26 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 6 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 10 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 13 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 6 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 235 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 275 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 265 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 7 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 7 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 5 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 122 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 235 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 23 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 29 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 9 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 17 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 8 records
- Utila, Honduras - 30 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 4 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 6 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 9 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 86 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 32 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 19 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 27 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 66 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 471 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 12 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 23 records