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Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Dog snapper
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Ascension Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Two specimens observed at 20m depth on a shipwreck off Georgetown (Ref. 86997).
CLRef. 86997 (Lubbock, 1980).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sh.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wirtz, P., J. Bingeman, J. Bingeman, R. Fricke, T.J. Hook and J. Young, 2017
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Vivaneau chien, Pargo jocú, Snuggletooth snapper, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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