Lutjanus bohar
A large Indo-Pacific snapper with two silvery spots.
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Lutjanus bohar, known as the two-spot red snapper, red bass, twinspot snapper, or bohar snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and is not to be confused with the unrelated Australian snapper.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassActinopterygii
- DivisionTeleostei
- OrderAcanthuriformes
- FamilyLutjanidae
- GenusLutjanus
- SpeciesLutjanus bohar
Named by (Forsskål, 1775)
Close relatives
Other species of Lutjanus with a Codexery entry.
- African brown snapper Lutjanus dentatus
- Blackfin snapper Lutjanus buccanella
- Blue and gold snapper Lutjanus viridis
- Bluestriped snapper Lutjanus notatus
- Brazilian snapper Lutjanus alexandrei
- Common bluestripe snapper Lutjanus kasmira
- Cubera snapper Lutjanus cyanopterus
- Dog snapper Lutjanus jocu
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Lutjanus bohar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · differs from this box at order: WoRMS AphiaID 218479 (CC BY 4.0)
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC)
- LC▲ this species
- NT
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category
How big is it?
Largest length in the source, 0.9 m, next to a 1.8 m person.
Diagram: drawn by Codexery, schematic shapes to scale (not a likeness). Length: Wikipedia: Lutjanus bohar
Where the lutjanus bohar has been recorded
Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (19,584 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 24 inland records left out (institution coordinates).
Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain) · place coordinates: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Background
The two-spot red snapper, also known as the red bass or bohar snapper, is a marine fish in the Lutjanidae family, distinct from the Australian snapper. Its scientific name, Lutjanus bohar, comes from the Arabic word for the fish in the Red Sea. The species was first described in 1775 as Sciaena bohar, with the description credited to Peter Forsskål by some sources and to Fabricius by others, though no type locality was given.
This large reddish snapper has darker fins, a rounded head, and a groove from its nostrils to its eyes. It can reach 90 centimeters in length and 12.5 kilograms in weight.
Juveniles and some adults display two silvery-white spots on their backs near the dorsal fins, which larger adults lose as they turn mostly red. Large adults can cause ciguatera poisoning. The fish is commercially important and sought after as game.
Slow-growing and long-lived, it reaches maturity at 8 to 9 years, with the oldest recorded at 56 years. Carnivorous, it feeds on fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. Adults form large schools on outer reefs or sandy areas for spawning. Small brownish juveniles mimic Chromis damselfish to get close to prey.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Lutjanus bohar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Classification: the source article's taxobox; compare WoRMS, the World Register of Marine Species (CC BY 4.0).
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List assessment.
- Occurrence records: GBIF (CC0 / CC BY). Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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