mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi (though it is not closely related to bream, jack, or barramundi), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific range and has recently been recorded in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia contributors, Mangrove red snapper; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:03:53.447539+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Name authority
- (Forsskål, 1775)
- Common name
- mangrove red snapper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLutjanidae Gill, 1861
- genusLutjanus Bloch, 1790
- speciesLutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lutjanus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lutjanus alexandrei Moura & Lindeman, 2007 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mullet snapperLutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| amarillo snapperLutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bengal snapperLutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern red snapperLutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blueline snapperLutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| colorado snapperLutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218498 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3WG7Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.