snapper

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Lutjanus blackfordi, red snapper

an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

Lutjanus griseus, gray snapper, grey snapper, mangrove snapper

found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida

Lutjanus analis, mutton snapper, muttonfish

similar to and often marketed as `red snapper';

Lutjanus apodus, schoolmaster

food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters

Ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail, yellowtail snapper

superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

Type of:

food fish

any fish used for food by human beings

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

Types:

red snapper

highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico

Type of:

saltwater fish

flesh of fish from the sea used as food

Synonyms:

Chrysophrys auratus

Type of:

sparid, sparid fish

spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth