snappers (Lutjanidae)

11 Mariana Islands species out of 23 reported | 20 Indo-Pacific species | 6 Western Atlantic species

Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.

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Note: While Lutjanus rivulatus has been reported from the Mariana Islands, the individual above was photographed in Indonesia. I have not yet observed this species in the waters around Guam.

Additional snapper species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):

Subfamily Etelinae:

• Aphareus rutilans (found between 100 and 330 m)
• Etelis carbunculus (found between 90 and 400 m)
• Etelis coruscans (found between 45 and 400 m)
• Paracaesio sordida
• Paracaesio xanthura
• Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (found between 70 and 350 m)
• Pristipomoides auricilla (found between 90 and 360 m)
• Pristipomoides filamentosus (found between 40 and 400 m)
• Pristipomoides flavipinnis (found between 90 and 360 m)
• Pristipomoides seiboldi found between 100 and 360 m)
• Pristipomoides zonatus (found between 70 and 300 m)
• Randallichthys filamentosus (found between 150 and 300 m)