Twinspot snapper
Lutjanus bohar
- Freshwater & Saltwater
- Least Concern
- Max length
- 90 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
Distribution
- Asia - Inland waters
- Indian Ocean, Eastern
- Indian Ocean, Western
- Oceania - Inland waters
- Pacific, Eastern Central
- Pacific, Northwest
- Pacific, Western Central
About the twinspot snapper
Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, red bass, twinspot snapper or bohar snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae, not to be confused with the unrelated Australian snapper. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
Habitat
It is a coral reef inhabitant, being found at depths from 4 to 180 m (13 to 591 ft), though usually between 10 and 70 m (33 and 230 ft).
Distribution
This species is native to the Indian Ocean. It is widespread in the Indo-Pacific from the east African coast, north to the Red Sea, to the western Pacific Ocean, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.
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Where the twinspot snapper lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Two-spot red snapper
- Lucjan bohar
- Dvopegasti hlastač
- Jareueng gigoe
- Tweekol-snapper
- Katambak
- Lutiano gorri
- Mailah
- Tsivaravana
- Langisi
- Луциан-бохар
- バラフエダイ
- 白斑笛鯛