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Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Dog snapper
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Sao Tome and Principe country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: A specimen of about 11 kg was caught barely 300 km off the African coast, in the Guinean Gulf, near Tinhosa Grande, south of Príncipe Island (Luiz Antonio Pereira, pers. comm. 09/06).
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 40 m (Ref. 58047), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 9710).   Subtropical; 42°N - 26°S, 98°W - 14°W (Ref. 55232)

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