Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Darktail Snapper
Lutjanus lemniscatus
Darktail Snapper
Category: Snappers
Scientific Name: Lutjanus lemniscatus
Size: Up to 2 ft. (60 cm)
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Lutjanidae (Family)
└Lutjanus (Genus)
└L. lemniscatus (Species)
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