Lutjanus
bitaeniatus
(Valenciennes, 1830)
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Family:
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Lutjanidae
(Snappers), subfamily: Lutjaninae
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Order:
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Perciformes
(perch-likes)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Indonesian snapper |
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Max. size:
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30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 55) |
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Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 40 – 65 m
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Climate: |
tropical; 4°N - 18°S, 99°e - 128°e |
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Importance:
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fisheries: commercial |
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Resilience: |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
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Distribution:
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Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from a few specimens collected at Indonesia (off Sumatra and Sulawesi) and west of Kuri Bay, Western Australia.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 10 - 10;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 13 - 14;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 8 – 9. Snout somewhat pointed, dorsal profile of head sloping steeply. Preorbital bone relatively narrow, its width usually slightly less than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally red or pink when fresh; fins are red or orange. Juveniles under 10 cm SL have blackish caudal fin lobe tips, frequently also a crescentic blackish blotch in the middle of the caudal fin, sometimes also with a yellowish mid-lateral stripe extending from the rear edge of the operculum to the middle of the caudal fin.
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Biology: |
Inhabits deeper reef areas. Occurs solitarily or in small groups.
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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Coordinator: |
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