crescent snapper
Lutjanus lunulatus
- Usual depth1–45 m
- Water temperature27–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Egor Dyukarev, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–45 m · Deepest record: 45 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- crescent snapper, Lunartail Seaperch, lunar tail snapper, Lunartail snapper
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Pargo Lunar, Pargo raboluna
- French
- Vivaneau queue lune
- Simplified Chinese
- 月尾笛鯛, 赤筆仔
Other scientific names: Mesoprion caudalis, Perca lunulata
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).
- 44 open-data records from 1982 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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