Hemlcaranx 

 amblyrhynchus - 

 bluntnose Jack 



Caranx latus 

 horse-eye Jack 



Lutjanidae - snappers 

 Lut Janus ana lis 

 mutton snapper 



Lut J anus apod us 

 schoolmaster 



Lut Janus grlseus 

 gray snapper 



+ + 



+ + + 



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12 



1, 4. 11 



Predaceous on other fishes 



204-620 mm: crabs, fish, 

 gastropods, octopods, hermit 

 crabs, penaeid shrimp, spiny 

 lobster, stomatopods 



Darnell 1958 



Randall 1967 



1, 4, 5, Crustaceans (shrimp, snapping 

 7, 11 shrimp, blue crabs, xanthid 

 crabs, grapsid crabs), fish 



Nugent 1970 



1-5, 7, <50 mm: reside in grassbeds Odum 1971 



8, 11-13, feeding on small crustaceans, 



15-18 insect larvae 



95-254 mm: reside in mangrove 

 creeks feeding on crustaceans 

 (snapping shrimp, xanthid crabs, 

 penaeid shrimp, crayfish, caridean 

 shrimp), fish including gobies, 

 anchovies, poeciliids, eels, 

 killiflshes 



Considered by 

 Gunter (1956) to 

 be euryhaline 



Commonly found 

 over sand, sea- 

 grass, rubble, 

 coral reefs 

 (Randall 1967) 



By far the most 

 abundant snapper 

 in mangrove 

 habitats 



Lut Janus Jocu 

 dog snapper 



Lutjanus synagris 

 lane snapper 



Gerreidae - moj arras 



Diapterus olisthostomus 

 Irish pompano 



Diapterus plumleri + + + 

 striped mojarra 



Eucinostomus argenteus + + + 

 spotfin mojarra 



Eucinostomus gula 

 silver Jenny 



Eucinostomus lefroyi 

 mottled mojarra 



Gerres clnereus 

 yellowfin mojarra 



Pomadasyidae - grunts 



+ + + 



1 190-630 mm: fish, crabs, 

 octopods, spiny lobster, 

 gastropods 



1, 2, 3, snapping shrimp, crabs, 

 5, 7, 11, anchovies, annelids, molluscs 

 16-18 



2 110-116 mm: green algae 

 (Enteromorpha flexuosa , 

 Cladophora ) , Ruppia maritima, 

 blue-green algae ( Lyngba 

 majuscula ) 



2, 7, 8, 36-172 mm: mysids, amphipods, 

 11-13, harpacticoid copepods, 

 15, 18 chironomid larvae, ostracods, 

 bivalves, plant detritus 



1-5, 7, 19-63 mm: amphipods, 

 8, 11-13, chironomids, harpacticoid 

 16-18 copepods, ostracods, mysids, 

 molluscs, plant detritus 



1-3, 5, 

 7, 8, 

 11-13, 

 16-18 



10 



2, 7, 11 



19-70 mm: amphipods, chironomid 

 larvae, harpacticoid copepods, 

 molluscs, mysids, ostracods, 

 plant detritus 



Crabs, bivalves, gastropods, 

 polychaete worms, shrimp, 

 ostracods 



Family carnivorous though rarely 

 piscivorous 



Randall 1967 



Stark & 



Schroeder 



1970 



Austin & 

 Austin 1971 



Odum 1971 



Odum 1971 



Odum 1971 



Known from brackish 

 water to depths of 

 220 fathoms 

 (Randall 1967) 



A permanent 

 resident (Odum 

 1971) 



Randall 1967, 

 Austin & 

 Austin 1971 



Randall 1967 



Most shelter on 

 coral reef by 

 day, feed on 

 grassy flats by 

 night (Randall 

 1967) 



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