Lutjanidae
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Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fishes, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries and, in some cases, fresh water (e.g., Lutjanus goldiei). The family includes about 113 species. Most species are used for food and many are of high economic importance. Many species around the world are known in local languages as red snapper, including species from different genera (including Lutjanus and Pristipomoides)
Snappers inhabit tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions of all oceans. Some snappers grow up to about Script error: No such module "convert". in length, and one species, the cubera snapper, grows up to Template:Cvt in length.[1] Most are active carnivores, feeding on crustaceans or other fishes,[2] though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but commonly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish. Most species live at depths reaching Script error: No such module "convert". near coral reefs, but some species are found up to Script error: No such module "convert". deep.[2]
As with other fishes, some snapper species host parasites. A detailed study conducted in New Caledonia has shown that coral reef-associated snappers host about nine species of parasites per fish species.[3]
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Systematics
Lutjanidae is subdivided into four subfamilies and 17 genera with around 110 species, as follows:[4][5][6]
- subfamily Apsilinae Johnson, 1980
- genus Apsilus Valenciennes, 1830
- genus Lipocheilus Anderson, Talwar & Johnson, 1977
- genus Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875
- genus Parapristipomoides Kami, 1963
- subfamily Etelinae Gill, 1893
- genus Aphareus Cuvier, 1870
- genus Aprion Valenciennes, 1830
- genus Etelis Cuvier, 1828
- genus Pristipomoides Bleeker, 2020
- genus Randallichthys Anderson, Kami & Johnson, 1977
- subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861
- genus Hoplopagrus Gill, 1861
- genus Lutjanus Bloch, 1790
- genus Macolor Bleeker, 1860
- genus Ocyurus Gill, 1862
- genus Pinjalo Bleeker, 1873
- genus Rhomboplites Gill, 1862
- subfamily Paradicichthyinae Whitley, 1930
- genus Symphorichthys Munro, 1967
- genus Symphorus Günther, 1872
Some authorities classify the Caesionidae, the fusiliers, within the Lutjanidae as a fifth subfamily but the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World retains this grouping as a distinct family pending more work being conducted on its relationships.[4]
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