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blackspot snapper

Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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

Lutjanus fulviflamma, the dory snapper, blackspot snapper, black-spot sea perch, finger-mark bream, long-spot snapper, Moses perch or red bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

Wikipedia contributors, Lutjanus fulviflamma; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:38:41.594488+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)
Name authority
(Forsskål, 1775)
Common name
blackspot 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: no · 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familyLutjanidae Gill, 1861
  11. genusLutjanus Bloch, 1790
  12. speciesLutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lutjanus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lutjanus alexandrei Moura & Lindeman, 2007LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
mullet snapperLutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
amarillo snapperLutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bengal snapperLutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
northern red snapperLutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blueline snapperLutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
colorado snapperLutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854)LutjanidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 102 records assigned to Lutjanidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Sciaena fulviflamma Forsskål, 1775 Forsskål, 1775synonym
Lutjanus unimaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Quoy & Gaimard, 1824synonym
Lutianus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Mesoprion aureovittatus MacLeay, 1879 MacLeay, 1879synonym
Mesoprion aurolineatus Cuvier, 1829 Cuvier, 1829synonym
Mesoprion terubuan Montrouzier, 1857 Montrouzier, 1857synonym
Lutjanus fulviflama (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Lutjanus fulviflammus (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775)synonym
Centropomus hober Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802synonym

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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218490 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:3WG9S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.