Onespot Snapper (species: Lutjanus monostigma) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Lutjanus monostigma
Onespot Snapper


©Anne Hoggett: Onespot Snapper at Cod Hole

©Lyle Vail: Lutjanus monostigma at Dynamite Pass (Reef 14-140) near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Lutjanidae
Genus Lutjanus
Species Lutjanus monostigma

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 60 cm (length according to Allen et al, 2003)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Cribb, T.H., R.D. Adlard, R.A. Bray, P. Sasal and S.C. Cutmore (2014). Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia, Parasitology International, 63: 285-294. LIRS catalog number 1709.
  • Hilomen, V.V. (1997). Inter- and intra-habitat movement patterns and population dynamics of small reef fishes of commercial and recreational significance, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 535.
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