Humpback snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
- Usual depth4–20 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and July
- How commonCommon
About this species
The humpback red snapper, the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought after as a game fish. It is also a popular species for display in public aquaria. It has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Humpback red snapper”, 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: 63 records
- February: 196 records
- March: 543 records
- April: 946 records
- May: 564 records
- June: 241 records
- July: 653 records
- August: 469 records
- September: 205 records
- October: 232 records
- November: 51 records
- December: 80 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–20 m · Deepest record: 290 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Humpback snapper, Humpbacked Red Snapper, Humpback Redsnapper, Humpback Red Snapper, humpback snapper, Humphead Snapper, Hunched Snapper, Paddle-tail, Paddletail, Paddle-tail Sea-perch, Paddle-tail Snapper, Paddle Tail Snapper, Paddletail Snapper, Humpback red snapper, Red Snapper, Snapper
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Buckel-Schnapper
- Spanish
- Pargo Jorobado, Pargo jorobado rojo
- French
- Bord de Mare, Lutjan Bossu, Lutjan bossu, Queue en pagaie, Lutjan queue en pagaie, Parai, Perche Pagaie, Perche pagaie, Parai, Queue en Pagaie, Vivaneau pagaie, Vivaneau-pagaie, Vivaneau Têtu
- Japanese
- Himefuedai, ヒメフエダイ
- Thai
- ปลากะพงแดงหางมน
- Simplified Chinese
- 海豚哥, 紅雞仔, 紅雞魚, 紅魚仔, 隆背笛鯛, 隆背笛鲷
Other scientific names: Anthias heraldi, Diacope axillaris, Diacope borensis, Diacope coccinea, Diacope lineata, Diacope melanura, Diacope rosea, Diacope striata, Diacope tiea, Genyoroge bidens, Lutianus gibbus, Lutianus tahitiensis, Lutjanus coccineus, Lutjanus comoriensis, Mesoprion janthinurus, Sciaena gibba
Similar species
- Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
- Twinspot snapper
Lutjanus bohar
- Blacktail snapper
Lutjanus fulvus
- Common bluestripe snapper
Lutjanus kasmira
- Bigeye snapper
Lutjanus lutjanus
- 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).
- 5,731 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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