Hussar

Lutjanus adetii

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth17–45 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonOccasional

About this species

Lutjanus adetii, the yellow-banded snapper or hussar, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and is sought after as a game fish.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lutjanus adetii”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 49 records
February: 35 records
March: 3 records
April: 14 records
May: 13 records
June: 21 records
July: 15 records
August: 48 records
September: 17 records
October: 105 records
November: 55 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 17–45 m · Deepest record: 82.5 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 39 records
20–30 m: 102 records
30–40 m: 83 records
40–50 m: 34 records
50–60 m: 10 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 84 records
24–26 °C: 236 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Hussar, Yellow-banded Hussar, yellow banded sea perch, Yellow-banded Sea-perch, Yellow-banded Sea Perch, yellow banded snapper, Yellow-banded snapper, Yellow-band Snapper

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Pargo de bandas amarillas, Pargo nochero
French: Lutjan Aimable, Lutjan aimable, Rouget de nuit, Rouget de Nuit, Vivaneau de nuit
Simplified Chinese: 黃帶笛鯛

Other scientific names: Diacope adetii, Diacopus adetii, Genyoroge amabilis, Genyoroge unicolor, Lutjanus amabilis, Lutjanus castelnaui, Lutjanus paravitta

Similar species

Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Twinspot snapper
Lutjanus bohar
Blacktail snapper
Lutjanus fulvus
Humpback snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
Common bluestripe snapper
Lutjanus kasmira
Big-mouth Nannygai
Lutjanus malabaricus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
422 open-data records from 1910 to 2022.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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