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Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790

Bigeye snapper
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Cá Hồng trùng, Cá Hồng trứng, Snapper
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin and central Vietnam (Ref. 12846); also from Quang Ninh-Cat Ba, Hon Me and Con Dao (Ref. 58534). Also Ref. 55, 46893.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Vivaneau gros yeux, Pargo de Madras, عَصَموديّ كبير العينين, ... more

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 author: Bloch.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 96 m (Ref. 57178).   Tropical; 32°N - 26°S, 31°E - 165°E (Ref. 55)

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