Lutjanus russellii, FRLM 30639, 16.7 cm SL
Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849)
Russell's snapper
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D X, 14; A III, 8; P1 16 - 17; LLp 47 - 50; GR 6 - 7 + 7 - 11. Body moderately deep to somewhat slender, its depth 2.6 - 2.8 in SL. Anterodorsal profile of head steeply to moderately sloped; preorbital width about equal to, or slightly less than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Posterior profile of dorsal and anal fins rounded (anal fin sometimes angular); caudal fin truncate or slightly emarginate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Color: back and upper side brownish; lower sides and belly pink to whitish with a silvery sheen; a black spot, sometimes faint, is on the lateral line below the anterior portions of the soft dorsal fin; adults from the Indian Ocean usually with 7 or 8 narrow golden brown stripes on sides; juveniles from the western Pacific whitish with 4 black stripes on sides and with a round black spot on upper back. Size: maximum length about 45 cm, commonly to 30 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Remarks: inhabits offshore coral reefs and also inshore rocky and coral reefs; to the depth of 80 m.
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