Button Snapper
Lutjanus boutton
- Usual depth1–200 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, May, and June
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–200 m · Deepest record: 200 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Button Snapper, Curry Fish, Mollucan Snapper, Moluccan snapper, Moluccen Snapper, Rufous Seaperch
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Pargo de Boutton, Pargo de Molucas
- French
- Jaunet, Vivaneau des Moluques
- Simplified Chinese
- 藍帶笛鯛, 赤筆仔
Other scientific names: Diacope bottonensis, Holocentrus boutton, Lutianus luzonius, Mesoprion melanospilos
Similar species
Mangrove red snapperLutjanus argentimaculatus
Twinspot snapperLutjanus bohar
Blacktail snapperLutjanus fulvus
Humpback snapperLutjanus gibbus
Common bluestripe snapperLutjanus kasmira
Big-mouth NannygaiLutjanus 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 35 open-data records from 1948 to 1998.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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