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Two-spot banded snapper

Two-spot banded sn...

Common Name: Twospot snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus biguttatus
Local Name: Bodu reendhoomas
Dhivehi Name: ބޮޑުރީނދޫމަސް

Animalia (Kingdom)

Chordata (Plylum)

Teleostei (Class)

Perciformes (Order)

Lutjanidae (Family)

Lutjanus (Genus)

Two-spot banded snapper's description

Two-spot banded snapper, (Lutjanus biguttatus) is a marine fish native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, from the Maldives to the Philippines, Solomon Islands and northern Australia.

Short description - Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Snout profile low, sloping very gently. Preorbital bone narrow, its width less than half of eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally dark brown of the upper part of the head and body with a broad white horizontal band immediately below. The lower part of the head and body dusky brown with a suffusion of yellow. A pair of white spots is on the back just below the dorsal fin base.

Two-spot banded snapper habitat

This species inhabits coral reefs (Lieske and Myers 1994, Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001) and outer reef slopes (Myers 1999, Kuiter and Tonozuka 2001). This species is sometimes solitary but more often occurs in large schools of more than 100 individuals (B. Russell pers. comm. 2015). They feed mainly on small fishes and crustaceans. This species reaches a maximum total length of about 20 cm, but is commonly found to 15 cm (Anderson and Allen 2001). The length at 50% maturity for males in Papua New Guinea is 12.5 cm fork length, while for females the value is 16.7 cm fork length (Longenecker et al. 2013).

Coral Reef

Two-spot banded snapper threats

This species is caught mainly with handlines, traps, and gill nets. It is considered to be an important market fish in some areas such as Sri Lanka, but generally marketed in small quantities (Anderson and Allen 2001).