Lutjanus vitta
A snapper with a single stripe, found across the Indo-Pacific.
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Lutjanus vitta, known commonly as the brownstripe red snapper, brownstripe snapper, broadband seaperch, brownstripe seaperch, one-band sea-perch, one-lined snapper, or striped seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Lutjanidae. It is notable for its wide Indo-Pacific distribution and its distinctive single longitudinal stripe, which gives rise to many of its common names.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassActinopterygii
- DivisionTeleostei
- OrderAcanthuriformes
- FamilyLutjanidae
- GenusLutjanus
- SpeciesLutjanus vitta
Named by (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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 vitta (CC BY-SA 4.0) · differs from this box at order: WoRMS AphiaID 218483 (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, 0.4 m, next to a 1.8 m person.
Diagram: drawn by Codexery, schematic shapes to scale (not a likeness). Length: Wikipedia: Lutjanus vitta
Where the lutjanus vitta has been recorded
Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (16,577 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 17 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
Lutjanus vitta was first formally described in 1824 as Serranus vitta by French zoologists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard, with the type locality given as Waigeo in Indonesia. The specific name vitta means 'band' or 'ribbon', likely referring to the single longitudinal stripe along the body. The species has a moderately deep body with a standard length 2.6 to 3.0 times its depth, a moderately steep forehead, and poorly developed preopercular incision and knob. Its vomerine teeth form a triangular patch with a rearward extension or a rhombus, and the tongue bears a patch of small grain-like teeth.
The dorsal fin has 10 spines and 12-14 soft rays, the anal fin has 3 spines and 8-9 soft rays, and the caudal fin is truncate or weakly emarginate. Overall color is whitish to pinkish, with a yellowish-brown to black stripe along the middle of the flanks, thin oblique stripes above the lateral line, and slender longitudinal brown stripes below it. The back and median fins are yellow. Juveniles and subadults have a wider, blacker stripe than adults.
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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 vitta (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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