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Species Name:    Lutjanus jocu
Common Name:        (Dog Snapper)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Lutjanidae Lutjanus


The Dog Snapper, Lutjanus jocu.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name:
Dog Snapper