Snappers (Lutjanidae)

The Snappers (Lutjanidae) family has 105 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 19 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

• Black and white snapperMacolor niger
• Blacktail snapperLutjanus fulvus
• Brownstripe red snapperLutjanus vitta
• Checkered snapperLutjanus decussatus
• Common bluestripe snapperLutjanus kasmira
• Dog snapperLutjanus jocu
• Dory snapperLutjanus fulviflamma
• Emperor red snapperLutjanus sebae
• Five-lined snapperLutjanus quinquelineatus
• Green jobfishAprion virescens
• Grey snapperLutjanus griseus
• Humpback red snapperLutjanus gibbus
• Humphead snapperLutjanus sanguineus
• Lane snapperLutjanus synagris
• Malabar blood snapperLutjanus malabaricus
• Mexican barred snapperHoplopagrus guentherii
• Mutton snapperLutjanus analis
• Sailfin snapperSymphorichthys spilurus
• Yellowtail snapperOcyurus chrysurus
• African brown snapperLutjanus dentatus
• African forktail snapperApsilus fuscus
• African red snapperLutjanus agennes
• Ambiguous snapperLutjanus ambiguus
• Bengal snapperLutjanus bengalensis
• Bigeye snapperLutjanus lutjanus
• Black snapperApsilus dentatus
• Black-banded snapperLutjanus semicinctus
• Blackfin snapperLutjanus buccanella
• Blackspot snapperLutjanus ehrenbergii
• Blubberlip snapperLutjanus rivulatus
• Blue and gold snapperLutjanus viridis
• Blueline snapperLutjanus coeruleolineatus
• Bluestriped snapperLutjanus notatus
• Cardinal snapperPristipomoides macrophthalmus
• ChinamanfishSymphorus nematophorus
• Cocoa snapperParacaesio stonei
• Colorado snapperLutjanus colorado
• Crimson jobfishPristipomoides filamentosus
• Crimson snapperLutjanus erythropterus
• Cubera snapperLutjanus cyanopterus
• Deep-water red snapperEtelis carbunculus
• Deepwater longtail red snapperEtelis coruscans
• Dirty ordure snapperParacaesio sordida
• Freshwater snapperLutjanus fuscescens
• Goldbanded jobfishPristipomoides multidens
• Golden African snapperLutjanus fulgens
• Golden eye jobfishPristipomoides flavipinnis
• Golden snapperLutjanus inermis
• Goldflag jobfishPristipomoides auricilla
• Gorean snapperLutjanus goreensis
• Guinea snapperLutjanus endecacanthus
• Indian snapperLutjanus madras
• Indonesian snapperLutjanus bitaeniatus
• Japanese snapperParacaesio caerulea
• John's snapperLutjanus johnii
• Jordan's snapperLutjanus jordani
• Lavender jobfishPristipomoides sieboldii
• Lunartail snapperLutjanus lunulatus
• Mahogany snapperLutjanus mahogoni
• Mangrove red snapperLutjanus argentimaculatus