Lutjanus lutjanus, Bigeye snapper : fisheries

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Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790

Bigeye snapper
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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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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797). Usually referred to as Lutjanus lineolatus by previous authors.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 12.2, range 11 - 24.6 cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 55)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Dorsal profile of head gently sloped. Preorbital bone very narrow, much less than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally silvery white, with a broad yellow stripe running along the side from the eye to the caudal fin base. A series of faint narrow yellow horizontal lines is on the lower half of the body. The fins are pale yellow to whitish (Ref. 469). Body depth 2.9-3.3 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit offshore coral reefs and trawling grounds. Trawled to depth of almost 100 m (Ref. 48635). Frequently encountered in large schools with other Lutjanus species (Ref. 9710). Feed on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 30573).

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Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.9 - 29.1, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1914 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01622 (0.01061 - 0.02479), b=2.95 (2.83 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.68 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.5; tmax=11).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 43.5 [28.8, 60.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.375 [0.238, 0.560] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [17.1, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.153 [0.109, 0.211] g/100g; Selenium = 63.6 [42.8, 92.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 145 [28, 534] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.451 [0.360, 0.629] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.