Lutjanus kasmira, Common bluestripe snapper : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium
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Lutjanus kasmira (Fabricius, 1775)

Common bluestripe snapper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 265 m (Ref. 11441), usually 30 - 150 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 20°C - 28°C; 35°N - 35°S, 31°E - 134°W (Ref. 55)

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Line islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Southeast Atlantic: East London, South Africa (Ref. 5484).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 20.5, range 17 - 25 cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4883); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit coral reefs, occurring in both shallow lagoons and on outer reef slopes. Frequently found in large aggregations around coral formation, caves or wrecks during the day. Juveniles inhabit seagrass beds around patch reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on fishes, shrimps, crabs, stomatopods, cephalopods, and planktonic crustaceans. Also take a variety of algae (Ref. 4821). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.

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Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.1 - 28.3, mean 26.4 °C (based on 1181 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.01304 - 0.01678), b=2.97 (2.95 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.21-0.38).
Prior r = 0.56, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 1 stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 32.2 [20.6, 44.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.315 [0.209, 0.480] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.8, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.154 [0.114, 0.203] g/100g; Selenium = 74.6 [51.2, 104.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 174 [34, 624] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.462 [0.381, 0.625] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.