Lutjanus vitta

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Lutjanus vitta
Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta) (26872902298).jpg
Lembeh, Indonesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species:
L. vitta
Binomial name
Lutjanus vitta
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Synonyms [2]
  • Serranus vittaQuoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Mesoprion enneacanthus Bleeker, 1849
  • Mesoprion phaiotaeniatusBleeker, 1849

Lutjanus vitta, the brownstripe red snapper, brownstripe snapper, broadband seaperch, brownstripe seaperch, one-band sea-perch, one-lined snapper or striped seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Taxonomy

Lutjanus vitta was first formally described in 1824 as Serranus vitta by the French zoologists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard with the type locality given as the Waigeo in Indonesia. [3] The specific name vitta means "band" or "ribbon", probably a reference to the single lonngitudinal stripe along the body of this fish. [4]

Description

Lutjanus vitta has a moderately deep body which has a standard length which is 2.6 to 3.0 times its depth with a moderately steeped forehead. The incision and knob on the preoperculum are poorly developed. The vomerine teeth are arranged on a triangular patch with a rearwards extension or as a rhombus and the tongue has a patch of small grain-like teeth. [5] The dorsal fin contains 10 spines and 12-14 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 8-9 soft rays, [2] the rear tips of the dorsal and anal fins are pointed. The pectoral fins contain 15-16 rays and the caudal fin is truncate or weakly emarginate. [5] This species attains a maximum total length of 40 cm (16 in), although 35 cm (14 in) is more typical. [2] The overall colour is whitish to pinkish, there is a yellowish-brown to black stripe running along the middle of the flanks. There are very thin oblique stripes above the lateral line and slender longitudinal brown stripes below it. The back and median fins are yellow. The juveniles and subadults have a wider, blacker stripe than the adults. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Lutjanus vitta has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution from the Seychelles and Socotra in the west, the Maldives, southern India and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. In the western Pacific it is found from Thailand and Indonesia east to New Caledonia, the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands and south to Australia extending north to southern Taiwan. It occurs at depths between 10 and 72 m (33 and 236 ft). [1] In Australia it is found from the Houtman Abrolhos islands in Western Australia around the tropical northern coast to Moreton Bay in Queensland, as well as at Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea. It is found on coral reefs as well as in places where there are low coral outcrops, sponges, and sea whips. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Russell, B.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Lawrence, A.; Carpenter, K.E. & Myers, R. (2016). "Lutjanus vitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T194374A2325107. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T194374A2325107.en . Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Lutjanus vitta" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lutjanus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (5 January 2021). "Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 Gerald R. Allen (1985). FAO species catalogue Vol.6. Snappers of the world An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date (PDF). FAO Rome. pp. 122–123. ISBN   92-5-102321-2.
  6. 1 2 Bray, D.J. (2017). "Lutjanus vitta". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 Jun 2021.


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