Lutjanus gibbus

Lutjanidae
Paddletail Snapper, Humpback Red Snapper, Humpback Snapper, Hunched Snapper, Paddle-tail Sea-perch, Red Snapper
  • Lutjanus gibbus, Adult, French Polynesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Lutjanus gibbus, Adult, French Polynesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Lutjanus gibbus, Adult, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
    Lutjanus gibbus, Adult, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
  • Lutjanus gibbus, Adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Lutjanus gibbus, Adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Lutjanus gibbus, Juvenile. Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Lutjanus gibbus, Juvenile. Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Lutjanus gibbus, Juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Lutjanus gibbus, Juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Lutjanus gibbus, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
    Lutjanus gibbus, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
Distribution
Temperate Australasia, Temperate northern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Adults with humped head profile, large dark tail with wide rounded lobes, fins red to black. Commonly in large stationary schools hovering over the reef during the day. Juveniles grey with large round black patch on tail base, yellow tail fin and vertical dark bar through eye.
Information
  • Max Size: 50 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 24.1-31.5°C
  • Depth: 1-150 m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Seagrass, Soft sediment
  • Habitat Generalisation Index: 12.7
    Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here
Rarity
  • Threats: Exploitation
  • IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
  • Occurrence: Frequent (16% 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: Many (22 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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