Humpback Snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,083
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇻 Maldives
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought after as a game fish. It is also a popular species for display in public aquaria. It has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Humpback red snapper”.