African brown snapper (Lutjanus dentatus)

Scientific name: Lutjanus dentatus Dum?ril, 1861

African brown snapper (Lutjanus dentatus)

The African brown snapper (Lutjanus dentatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Lutjanidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Head slightly rounded, its dorsal profile curving gently. Preorbital bone broad. Lips thick; maxilla extending to about mid-eye level or beyond. Preopercular notch and knob weak. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Scale rows on cheek 9 or 10. Smokey gray on back and upper sides grading to whitish pink on lower sides and belly. Juveniles with a series of alternating light and dark bars of about equal widths on side.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lutjanus dentatus
Family
Lutjanidae (Snappers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
150
Common length
50.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola. Occurs primarily in the Gulf of Guinea. Mesoprion retrospinis Valenciennes, 1830 may be the oldest name for this species as the original description agrees closely to that given by Delais, 1952.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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