FAMILY Lutjanidae Gill 1861 - snappers [=Acanthopomes, Mesopriontes, Aphareoidei, Lutjaninae, Hoplopagrinae, Platyiniini, Etelinae, Aprioninae, Paradicichthyinae, Symphorinae, Neomaenidae, Apsilinae] GENUS Aphareus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valeniennes, 1830 - snappers, jobfish [=Fares, Humefordia, Playtpodus, Sacrestinus, Ulapiscis] Species Aphareus furca (Lacepede, 1801) - smalltoothed jobfish [=caerulescens, elegans, flavivultus, pikea, sacrestinus] Species Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - rusty jobfish [=thompsoni] GENUS Aprion Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - snappers, jobfish [=Sparopsis] Species Aprion virescens Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - green jobfish [=elongatus, kanekonis, latifrons, microchir, placidus] GENUS Apsilus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - snappers [=Tropidinius] Species Apsilus dentatus Guichenot, 1853 - black snapper [=arnillo] Species Apsilus fuscus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - African forktail snapper GENUS Etelis Cuvier, 1828 - snappers [=Elastoma, Erythrobussothen, Etelinus, Hesperanthias, Macrops] Species Etelis carbunculus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 - deepwater red snapper [=marshi] Species Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 - deepwater longtail red snapper [=evurus, lifuensis] Species Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) - queen snapper [=gracilis] Species Etelis radiosus Anderson, 1981 - pale snapper GENUS Hoplopagrus Gill, 1861 - snapper [=Deuteracanthus] Species Hoplopagrus guentherii Gill, 1862 - Mexican barred snapper [=lonchophorus] GENUS Lipocheilus Anderson et al., 1977 - snappers [=Tangia] Species Lipocheilus carnolabrum (Chan, 1970) - Tang's snapper GENUS Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 - snappers [=Bennettia, Diacope, Evoplites, Genyorage, Hobar, Jordanichthys, Loxolutjanus, Mesoprion, Naqua, Neomaenis, Neomesoprion, Pagrus, Parkia, Percaprionodes, Rabirubia, Raizero, Rhomboplitoides] Species Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) - yellowbanded snapper [=amabilis, castelnaui, paravitta, unicolor A, unicolor C] Species Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863 - African red snapper Species Lutjanus alexandrei Moura & Lindeman, 2007 - Brazilian snapper Species Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valeniennes, 1828) - mutton snapper [=isodon, rosaceus, sobra] Species Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) - schoolmaster snapper [=acutirostris, albostriatum, caxis, cynodon, fasciatus, flavescens, linea, striatus] Species Lutjanus aratus (Gunther, 1864) - mullet snapper [=macropus] Species Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskal, 1775) - mangrove red snapper [=argentata B, argentata G, flavipinnis, garretti, gembra, griseoides, jahngarah, macrolepis, obscurus, olivaceus, roseigaster, salmonoides, sambra, sexfasciatus, superbus, taeniops] Species Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869) - yellow snapper [=lamprurus] Species Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) - Bengal snapper [=bengalensis F, octovittata, octovittatus, pomacanthus] Species Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - twospot banded snapper [=bleekeri, elongatus] Species Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Indonesian snapper Species Lutjanus bohar (Forsskal, 1775) - twospot red snapper [=coatesi, labuan, lepisurus, nukuhivae, quadriguttata, rangus, rubens] Species Lutjanus boutton (Lacepede, 1802) - Moluccan snapper [=bottonensis, luzonius, melanospilos] Species Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - blackfin snapper [=caudanotatus] Species Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) - Northern red snapper [=blackfordii, purpureus] Species Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) - Spanish flag snapper [=chrysotaenia, naborer] Species Lutjanus coeruleilineata (Ruppell, 1838) - blueline snapper Species Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - Colorado snapper Species Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - Cubera snapper [=cubera, pargus] Species Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - checkered snapper [=therapon] Species Lutjanus dentatus (Dumeril, 1861) - African brown snapper [=eutactus] Species Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854) - sunbeam snapper Species Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869) - blackspot snapper [=oligolepis] Species Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 - Guinea snapper [=canina, modestus] Species Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 - crimson snapper [=altifrontalis, chirtah, annularis, longmani, macleayana, rubellus] Species Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - golden African snapper [=maltzani] Species Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskal, 1775) - dory snapper [=aureovittatus, aurolineatus, hober, terubuan, unimaculatus] Species Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801) - blacktail snapper [=analis, argenteus, aurantiaca, ellipticofavus, flavipes, gaimardi, immaculata, kagoshimana, limbatus, marginata, marginatoides, marginipinnis, maus, nigricauda, vaigiensis, xanthopus] Species Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - freshwater snapper [=hoteen] Species Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskal, 1775) - humpback red snapper [=axillaris, bidens, borensis, coccinea, comoriensis, gibbosa, heraldi, janthinurus, lineata, melanura, rosea, striata, tahitiensis, tearlachi, tiea] Species Lutjanus goldiei (Macleay, 1882) - Papuan black snapper Species Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Gorean snapper [=guineensis] Species Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758) - grey snapper [=caballerote, emarginatus, stearnsii, tetracanthus, vivanetus] Species Lutjanus guilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959 - yellowfin red snapper Species Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869) - spotted rose snapper Species Lutjanus indicus Allen et al., 2013 - indicus snapper Species Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869) - golden snapper Species Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - dog snapper [=litura] Species Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792) - John's snapper [=catus, pavoninus, tranquebaricus, xanthozona, yapilli] Species Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, in Jordan & Evermann, 1898) - Jordan's snapper Species Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskal, 1775) - common bluestripe snapper [=etaape, lineata] Species Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) – yellow-streaked snapper [=furvicaudatus, immaculatus, janthinuropterus, melanotaenia] Species Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797) - lunar-tail snapper [=caudalis] Species Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790 - bigeye snapper [=blochii, caroui, erythrognathus, lineolata, megalops, nouleny, xanthopterygius] Species Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831) - Indian snapper Species Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - Mahogany snapper [=ojanco, ricardi] Species Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Malabar blood snapper [=dodecacanthus, metallicus] Species Lutjanus maxweberi (Popta, 1921) - pygmy snapper [=palmeri] Species Lutjanus mizenkoi Allen & Talbot, 1985 - Samoan snapper Species Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - onespot snapper [=lioglossus] Species Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - bluestriped snapper [=angulus, caeruleovittata, duodecimlineata, octolineatus] Species Lutjanus novemfasciatus Gill, 1862 - Pacific dog snapper [=holei, pacificus, prieto] Species Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - whitebelly snapper Species Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860) - spotstripe snapper Species Lutjanus papuensis Allen et al., 2013 - Papuan snapper Species Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922) - Pacific red snapper Species Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) - fivelined snapper [=decemlineata, grammica, quinquevittatus, sexlineatus, spilura, sublineata] Species Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - blubberlip snapper [=alboguttata, caeruleopunctata, myriaster, parvidens, quadripunctatus, revulina, sinal] Species Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – yellowlined snapper [=amboinensis, flavirosea, vitianus] Species Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) - Russell's snapper [=nishikawae, orientalis] Species Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - humphead snapper [=erythrina] Species Lutjanus sapphirolineatus Iwatsuki et al., 2016 - Arabian bluestriped snapper Species Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) - emperor red snapper [=civis, dorso, regia, siamensis] Species Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - blackbanded snapper Species Lutjanus stellatus Akazaki, 1983 - star snapper Species Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) - lane snapper [=aubrietii, megalophthalmus, sanctiandrewsi, uninotatus, vermicularis] Species Lutjanus timoriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - Timor snapper [=calveti] Species Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846) - blue and gold snapper Species Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - brownstripe red snapper [=enneacanthus, phaiotaeniatus] Species Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) - silk snapper [=hastingsi, profundus, torridus] Species Lutjanus xanthopinnis Iwatsuki et al., 2015 - yellowfin snapper GENUS Macolor Bleeker, 1860 - snappers [=Proamblys] Species Macolor macularis Fowler, 1931 - midnight snapper Species Macolor niger (Forsskal, 1775) - black and white snapper [=macolor, typus] GENUS Ocyurus Gill, 1862 - snappers [=Sarda] Species Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) - yellowtail snapper [=aurovittatus, luna, rabirrubia, rijgersmaei, semiluna] GENUS Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875 - snappers [=Aetiasis, Vegetichthys] Species Paracaesio brevidentata White & Last, 2012 - short-toothed snapper Species Paracaesio caerulea (Katayama, 1934) - Japanese snapper Species Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 - Vanuatu snapper Species Paracaesio kusakarii Abe, 1960 - saddleback snapper Species Paracaesio paragrapsimodon Anderson & Kailola, in Anderson et al., 1992 – Anderson's snapper Species Paracaesio sordida Abe & Shinohara, 1962 - dirty ordure snapper Species Paracaesio stonei Raj & Seeto, 1983 - cocoa snapper Species Paracaesio waltervadi Anderson & Collette, in Anderson et al., 1992 - waltervadi snapper Species Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) - yellowtail blue snapper [=cantharoides, pedleyi, tumidus] GENUS Parapristipomoides Kami, 1973 - snappers, jobfishes Species Parapristipomoides squamimaxillaris (Kami, 1973) - scalemouth jobfish GENUS Pinjalo Bleeker, 1873 - snappers Species Pinjalo lewisi Randall et al., 1987 - slender pinjalo [=microphthalmus] Species Pinjalo pinjalo (Bleeker, 1850) - pinjalo [=mitchelli, typus] GENUS Pristipomoides Bleeker, 1852 - snapper [=Arnillo, Bowersia, Chaetopterus, Etelides, Platyinius, Rooseveltia, Ulaula] Species Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832) – ornate jobfish [=amoenus, telfairii] Species Pristipomoides aquilonaris (Goode & Bean, 1896) - wenchman [=andersoni] Species Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan et al., 1927) - goldflag jobfish Species Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – crimson jobfish [=brevirostris, microdon, microlepis, mitis, roseus, violescens] Species Pristipomoides flavipinnis Shinohara, 1963 - goldeneye jobfish Species Pristipomoides freemani Anderson, 1966 - slender wenchman Species Pristipomoides macrophthalmus (Muller & Troschel, in Schomburgk, 1848) – cardinal snapper [=vorax] Species Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871) - glodbanded jobfish [=sparus] Species Pristipomoides sieboldii (Bleeker, 1855) - lavender jobfish [=dubius, ulaula] Species Pristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852 - sharptooth jobfish [=dentex, pristipoma] Species Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – obliquebanded snapper [=aloha, brighami] GENUS Randallichthys Anderson et al., 1977 - snappers Species Randallichthys filamentosus (Fourmanoir, 1970) - Randall's snapper [=nudimaxillaris] GENUS Rhomboplites Gill, 1862 - snappers Species Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - vermilion snapper [=ariommus, elegans] GENUS Symphorichthys Munro, 1967 - snappers Species Symphorichthys spilurus (Gunther, 1874) - sailfin snapper GENUS Symphorus Gunther, 1872 - snappers [=Glabrilutjanus, Paradicichthys] Species Symphorus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1860) - chinamanfish [=marshalli, taeniolatus, venenatus]