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Species Name:    Lutjanus cyanopterus
Common Name:             (Cubera Snapper)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

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


The Cubera Snapper, Lujanus cyanopterus.  illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828)

Common Name:
Cubera Snapper