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brownstripe red snapper

Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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.

Lembeh, Indonesia - Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)

Lembeh, Indonesia - Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)

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Open encyclopedia reference

Lutjanus vitta, 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, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Wikipedia contributors, Lutjanus vitta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:39:03.386031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Name authority
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Common name
brownstripe 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: 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 vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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
Lutjanus vita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)synonym
Lutjanus vittus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)synonym
Lutianus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)synonym
Mesoprion phaiotaeniatus Bleeker, 1849 Bleeker, 1849synonym
Serranus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Quoy & Gaimard, 1824synonym
Lutjanus iita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)synonym
Mesoprion enneacanthus Bleeker, 1849 Bleeker, 1849synonym

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=218483 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.

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:3WGDJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.