‹ Fish Finder· #284
Two-spot Red Snapper
Lutjanus bohar
Bislamapule— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 90 cm
- Depth
- 10-70 m
- Family
- Lutjanidae
Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, red bass, twinspot snapper or bohar snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae, not to be confused with the unrelated Australian snapper. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Two big reddish snappers, and the difference matters: Two-spot Red Snapper is a known carrier of ciguatera. It is usually darker red, has a deep groove running from the nostrils to the eye, and juveniles and some adults show two silvery-white spots on the back below the dorsal fin. Mangrove Red Snapper is copper to reddish-bronze with no groove in front of the eye, and young fish show pale vertical bands.
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Two red snappers of the reef, both with dark fins. Two-spot Red Snapper has a groove from the nostril to the eye and a black upper edge to the pectoral fin, and the young and some adults show two silvery-white spots on the back below the dorsal fin. Humpback Red Snapper has a very steep forehead that makes its back look humped, a thin white margin on its dark dorsal, anal and tail fins and orange on the lower gill cover; its young have a large black spot at the tail base.
See the Humpback Red Snapper →