Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus)

Scientific name: Lutjanus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus)

The Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus) is a marine fish of the family Lutjanidae.

Biology

Inhabit both coastal and offshore reefs. They tend to be associated with sponge and gorgonian-dominated habitats on the North West Shelf, and hard mud areas of the Arafura Sea. In Australia, they frequently form mixed shoals with L. erythropterus. Juveniles tend to inhabit shallow inshore waters and larger fish live in deeper waters. Feed mainly on fishes, with small amounts of benthic crustaceans, cephalopods and other benthic invertebrates. They forage mostly at night. Marketed fresh, dried-salted and frozen.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lutjanus malabaricus
Family
Lutjanidae (Snappers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
100.0
Common length
50.0
Depth range
12–100 m (39–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 12 - 100 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. This species has been frequently misidentified as Lutjanus sanguineus. There are unsubstantiated reports of this species from off East Africa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.12-0.18; tmax=12; Fec=5,000,000)

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Sources

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

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