Lutjanus carponotatus

Lutjanus carponotatus, the Spanish flag snapper, stripey snapper, dusky-striped sea-perch, gold-banded sea perch, gold-stripe sea-perch, striped seaperch or stripey seaperch, is a species marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, from India to northern Australia.

Distribution

Lutjanus carponotatus has a distribution in the Indo-West Pacific. Their range extends from the Andaman Sea coast and Bay of Bengal in western India east to Papua New Guinea north to the coasts of the South China Sea and south to northern Australia. In Australia it is found from Shark Bay in Western Australia east to Moreton Bay in Queensland, possibly reaching south as far as northern New South Wales, it also occurs on reefs in the Coral Sea. They are found at depths between 2 and 80 m (6 ft 7 in and 262 ft 6 in), although they are rarely recorded below 15 m (49 ft). The adults are found in coral reefs, both in sheltered lagoons and on the outer slopes, often found in turbid coastal waters. The juveniles are found in the back reef near the shore where there are tabular and corymb-like Acropora corals with a sandy substrate.