John's snapper

Lutjanus johnii, the Golden snapper, John's snapper, big-scaled bream, fingermark bream, fingermark seaperch, John's sea-perch, or spotted-scale sea perch is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Distribution

Lutjanus johnii has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. It occurs from the eastern African coast where it ranges from the southern Red Sea to South Africa, across the Indian Ocean into the Pacific as far as Fiji. It is found as far north as the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan and south to northern Australia. It has a depth range of 0.1 to 80 m (3.9 in to 262 ft 5.6 in). The adult fish are thought to be inhabitants of coral reefs while the juveniles use the shelter of mangroves.