Star Snapper
Lutjanus stellatus
- Usual depth14 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Izuzuki, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 14 m · Deepest record: 14 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) 林正文, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jacob She, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Star Snapper, White-spotted Snapper, Whitespotted Snapper
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Pargo de lunar blanco, Pargo estrellado
- French
- Vivaneau étoilé
- Japanese
- Fuedai, フエダイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 星點笛鯛, 白星笛鯛, 白點仔, 紅魚, 花臉, 黃翅仔
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).
- 57 open-data records from 1995 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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