Black-and-white Snapper (species: Macolor niger) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Macolor niger
Black-and-white Snapper


©Andy Lewis: Juvenile Black-and-white Snapper, Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Subadult Macolor niger at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Adult Macolor niger at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island. One of a group of six: three black adults and three black and white subadults of similar size.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Lutjanidae
Genus Macolor
Species Macolor niger

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 75 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Miller, T.L. and T.H. Cribb (2013). Dramatic phenotypic plasticity within species of Siphomutabilus n. g. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Indo-Pacific caesionines (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Systematic Parasitology, 86: 101-112. LIRS catalog number 1730.
  • Miller, T.L. and T.H. Cribb (2007). Coevolution of Retrovarium n. gen. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) in Lutjanidae and Haemulidae (Perciformes) in the Indo-west Pacific, International Journal for Parasitology, 37: 1023-1045. LIRS catalog number 1127.