Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)

General data

Main name: Humpback red snapper
Local names: Paddletail, Paddletail snapper, Hunchback snapper, Humpback snapper, Paddletail seaperch, Paddletail, Humpbacked red snapper, Humpback snapper
Climates: Tropical
Habitat: Saltwater
Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean

Classification

The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. Description Humpback red snapper has a body which is relatively with a standard length which is 2.2 to 2.5 times its depth, with a head which has a very steeply sloped forehead a well developed known and notch in the preoperculum. The vomerine teeth are arranged in a crescent shaped patch with no rearwards extension and the tongue is smooth, lacking any teeth. The dorsal fin has 10 spines and 13-14 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 8 soft rays. The rear part of the dorsal and anal fins are pointed in shape. The pectoral fins contain 16 to 17 rays and the caudal fin is forked with rounded lobes. This fish attains a maximum total length of 50 cm (20 in), although 45 cm (18 in) is more typical. The overall colour of this snapper is red or grey, darker on back and upper head. There is an orange tint on the lower part of gill cover and on the axil of the pectoral fin. The fins may be red but the median fins are normally dark brown to blackish with the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin, the anal fin and the caudal fin having a thin white margin. The juveniles have a sizeable circular black spot at base of caudal fin. Distribution and habitat Lutjanus gibbus has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. It ranges from the eastern African coast and the Red Sea to the Society and Line islands and from Australia in the south to southern Japan in the north. It has also been recorded from the Marquesas and south to Rapa Iti. In Australia it is found from Houtman Abrolhos to the Dampier Archipelago and reefs off the northern coast of Western Australia, the Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea the on the eastern coast from the outer Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea reefs south to Moreton Bay in Queensland with juveniles occurring south to Sydney. The humpback red snapper occurs at depths from 1 to 150 m (3 ft 3 in to 492 ft 2 in). It is associated with reefs and during the day gathers in large, mostly stationary aggregations on coral reefs. The juveniles shelter in beds of sea grass in protected areas of Sandy and muddy substrates, while the aggregations are dominated by subadults. The larger adults inhabit deeper waters on coastal slopes.

Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
- Actinistia - Lobe-finned fishes->
- Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes->
  - Perciformes - Perches->
    
    Percidae - Perches->
    
    Pomatomidae - Bluefishes->
    
    Serranidae - Sea basses->
    
    Pomacentridae - Damsel and clownfishes->
    
    Latidae - Lates perches->
    
    Centropomidae - Snooks->
    
    Lutjanidae - Snappers->
    
    Lutjanus - Snappers->
    
    Northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)
    
    Yellowtail snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergi)
    
    Mangrove snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
    
    Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus)
    
    Lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris)
    
    Dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu)
    
    Mahogany snapper (Lutjanus mahagoni)
    
    Two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
    
    Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus)
    
    Emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)
    
    Blacktail snapper (Lutjanus fulvus)
    
    Russell's snapper (Lutjanus russellii)
    
    Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)
    
    Blubberlip snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus)
    
    Common bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
    
    Mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis)
    
    Two-spot banded snapper (Lutjanus biguttatus)
    
    Gorean snapper (Lutjanus goreensis)
    
    Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)
    
    One-spot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma)
    
    Pacific dog snapper (Lutjanus novemfasciatus)
    
    Yellow-banded snapper (Lutjanus adetii)
    
    Brazilian snapper (Lutjanus alexandrei)
    
    Dory snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma)
    
    African brown snapper (Lutjanus dentatus)
    
    Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
    
    African red snapper (Lutjanus agennes)
    
    Ambiguous snapper (Lutjanus ambiguus)
    
    Mullet snapper (Lutjanus aratus)
    
    Mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
    
    Yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris)
    
    Bengal snapper (Lutjanus bengalensis)
    
    Indonesian snapper (Lutjanus bitaeniatus)
    
    Moluccan snapper (Lutjanus boutton)
    
    Blackfin snapper (Lutjanus buccanella)
    
    Spanish flag snapper (Lutjanus carponotatus)
    
    Blueline snapper (Lutjanus coeruleolineatus)
    
    Colorado snapper (Lutjanus colorado)
    
    Checkered snapper (Lutjanus decussatus)
    
    Sunbeam snapper (Lutjanus dodecacanthoides)
    
    Guinea snapper (Lutjanus endecacanthus)
    
    Crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus)
    
    Golden African snapper (Lutjanus fulgens)
    
    Freshwater snapper (Lutjanus fuscescens)
    
    Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)
    
    Yellowfin red snapper (Lutjanus guilcheri)
    
    Spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus)
    
    Lutjanus indicus (Lutjanus indicus)
    
    Golden snapper (Lutjanus inermis)
    
    John’s snapper (Lutjanus johnii)
    
    Jordan’s snapper (Lutjanus jordani)
    
    Yellowstreaked snapper (Lutjanus lemniscatus)
    
    Lunartail snapper (Lutjanus lunulatus)
    
    Bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus)
    
    Indian snapper (Lutjanus madras)
    
    Mahogany snapper (Lutjanus mahogoni)
    
    Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus)
    
    Pygmy snapper (Lutjanus maxweberi)
    
    Samoan snapper (Lutjanus mizenkoi)
    
    Bluestriped snapper (Lutjanus notatus)
    
    Whitebelly snapper (Lutjanus octolineatus)
    
    Spotstripe snapper (Lutjanus ophuysenii)
    
    Papuan snapper (Lutjanus papuensis)
    
    Pacific red snapper (Lutjanus peru)
    
    Southern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus)
    
    Five-lined snapper (Lutjanus quinquelineatus)
    
    Yellow-lined snapper (Lutjanus rufolineatus)
    
    Humphead snapper (Lutjanus sanguineus)
    
    Arabian blue-striped snapper (Lutjanus sapphirolineatus)
    
    Black-banded snapper (Lutjanus semicinctus)
    
    Star snapper (Lutjanus stellatus)
    
    Timor snapper (Lutjanus timoriensis)
    
    Blue and gold snapper (Lutjanus viridis)
    
    Silk snapper (Lutjanus vivanus)
    
    Yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus xanthopinnis)
    
    Ocyurus - Snappers->
    
    Symphorichthys - Symphorichthys->
    
    Macolor - Macolor->
    
    Hoplopagrus - Hoplopagrus->
    
    Aphareus - Aphareus->
    
    Aprion - Aprion->
    
    Apsilus - Apsilus->
    
    Etelis - Etelis->
    
    Lipocheilus - Lipocheilus->
    
    Paracaesio - Paracaesio->
    
    Parapristipomoides - Parapristipomoides->
    
    Pinjalo - Pinjalo->
    
    Pristipomoides - Pristipomoides->
    
    Randallichthys - Randallichthys->
    
    Rhomboplites - Rhomboplites->
    
    Symphorus - Symphorus->
    
    Haemulidae - Grunts->
    
    Artedidraconidae - Barbled plunderfishes->
    
    Embiotocidae - Surfperches->
    
    Glaucosomatidae - Pearl perches->
    
    Malacanthidae - Tilefishes->
    
    Polynemidae - Threadfin->
    
    Gerreidae - Mojarras->
    
    Priacanthidae - Bigeyes->
    
    Monodactylidae - Moonyfishes->
    
    Centrogenyidae - False scorpionfishes->
    
    Epinephelidae - Groupers->
    
    Cebidichthyidae - Cebidichthyidae->
    
    Anthiadidae - Anthiadidae->
    
    Ambassidae - Asiatic glassfishes->
    
    Bathydraconidae - Antarctic dragonfishes->
    
    Bembropidae - Duckbill flatheads->
    
    Bovichtidae - Thornfishes->
    
    Caesionidae - Fusiliers->
    
    Caesioscorpididae - Blowhole perches->
    
    Centracanthidae - Picarels->
    
    Cepolidae - Bandfishes->
    
    Channichthyidae - Crocodile icefishes->
    
    Congrogadidae - Eelblennies->
    
    Datnioididae - Freshwater tripletails->
    
    Dinopercidae - Cavebasses->
    
    Eleginopidae - Patagonian blennies->
    
    Grammatidae - Basslets->
    
    Grammistidae - Soapfishes->
    
    Hapalogenyidae - Barbeled grunters->
    
    Harpagiferidae - Spiny plunderfishes->
    
    Lactariidae - False trevallies->
    
    Latilidae - Deepwater tilefishes->
    
    Leptobramidae - Beachsalmon->
    
    Liopropomatidae - Painted basslets->
    
    Niphonidae - Ara groupers->
    
    Nototheniidae - Cod icefishes->
    
    Opistognathidae - Jawfishes->
    
    Oxylebiinae - Painted greenlings->
    
    Plesiopidae - Roundheads->
    
    Pseudaphritidae - Catadromous icefishes->
    
    Pseudochromidae - Dottybacks->
    
    Ptereleotridae - Dartfishes->
    
    Toxotidae - Archerfishes->
  - Cypriniformes - Carps->
  - Esociformes - Pikes->
  - Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
  - Siluriformes - Catfishes->
  - Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
  - Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
  - Gadiformes - Cods->
  - Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
  - Clupeiformes - Herrings->
  - Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
  - Gobiiformes - Gobies->
  - Mugiliformes - Mullets->
  - Carangiformes - Jacks->
  - Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
  - Labriformes - Wrasses->
  - Scombriformes - Mackerels->
  - Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
  - Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
  - Aulopiformes - Grinners->
  - Blenniiformes - Blennies->
  - Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
  - Osmeriformes - Smelts->
  - Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
  - Cichliformes - Cichlids->
  - Characiformes - Characins->
  - Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
  - Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
  - Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
  - Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
  - Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
  - Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
  - Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
  - Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
  - Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
  - Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
  - Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
  - Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
  - Zeiformes - Dories->
  - Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
  - Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
  - Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
  - Lampriformes - Lamprids->
  - Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
  - Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
  - Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
  - Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
  - Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
  - Atheriniformes - Silversides->
  - Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
  - Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
  - Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
  - Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
  - Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
  - Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
  - Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
  - Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
  - Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
  - Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
  - Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
  - Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
  - Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
  - Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
  - Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
  - Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
  - Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
- Cladistii - Bichirs->
- Dipnoi - Lungfishes->
- Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes->
- Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->

Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)

General data

Classification

Taxonomy of Fishes

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