Yellowfin Snapper
Lutjanus xanthopinnis
- Water temperature28–28 °C
- Best monthsMay, July, and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Yellowfin Snapper
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Pargo de Aleta Amarilla
- Indonesian
- Kunyit madras
- Japanese
- Imoto-fuedai, Imotofuedai, イモトフエダイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 黃鰭笛鯛
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).
- 20 open-data records from 2008 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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