Mangrove red snapper: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mangrove red snapper lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Lutjaniformes
Family	Lutjanidae

Where does the mangrove red snapper live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mangrove red snapper in 6 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: South China Sea.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the mangrove red snapper endangered?

The mangrove red snapper’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mangrove red snapper?

The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Lutjaniformes and the family Lutjanidae, genus Lutjanus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mangrove red snapper

The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi (though it is not closely related to bream, jack, or barramundi), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific range and has recently been recorded in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mangrove red snapper (revision 1355299574), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2004240 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).