Lutjanus adetii, Juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Dusky or gold stripe from snout to tail base, broken just behind eye, back yellow and a yellow blotch at base of pectoral fin. Deeper body profile than the smaller L. lutjanus (Bigeye Snapper) and lacks yellow tail of L. vitta (Brown-stripe Snapper).
Information
Max Size: 50 cm
Depth: 1-20m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Widespread (50% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (4 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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