Gray Snapper ; Mangrove Snapper 



Tres Marias, and Revillagigedo islands. Nothing distinctive is known 

 of its habits. Colour, golden brown, with 5 sky-blue longitudinal 

 stripes, each broadly margined with darker blue; a faint median blue 

 streak from occiput to front of dorsal. 



Lutianus jordani is known only from Panama, where it is some- 

 times taken in considerable numbers. It is a strongly marked species, 

 quite unlike any other, reaching a length of less than 2 feet. It may 

 be readily distinguished from any other species by the diamond- 

 shaped patch of vomerine teeth. Colour, dark purplish olive, scales 

 with silvery spots. 



Lutianus novemfasciatus is known from the Pacific coast of tropi- 

 cal America, from Guaymas and Cape San Lucas to Panama; gener- 

 ally common, and a large and valued food-fish, reaching a weight of 

 20 pounds. It is called pargo prieto. 



Colour, back and sides very dark olive-brown, the back with a slaty 

 tinge, the sides often with some faint purplish; belly and lower parts 

 of head white; inside of mouth reddish yellow. 



Lutianus cyanopterus is found from Brazil north to Cuba. It is 

 rather common and reaches a length of 2 to 4 feet, being a large, 

 coarse fish, regarded as unwholesome by fishermen. 



Colour, dusky-gray, paler below, the belly sometimes reddish; 

 membranes of vertical fins grayish black, especially anal and soft 

 dorsal; ventrals blackish at tip; pectorals plain olivaceous; head 

 dusky above, without markings. 



Gray Snapper; Mangrove Snapper 



Lutianus griseus (Linnaeus) 



This is one of the most widely distributed, most abundant, and 

 best known of all the snappers. It is found throughout the West 

 Indies, is abundant on the Florida coast, and strays northward to New 

 Jersey and Woods Hole. It is generally known as the gray snapper, 

 but in Florida and the Bahamas, where the coasts are mangrove-lined, 

 it is called the mangrove snapper; while in the West Indies among 

 the Spanish-speaking people it is the cabellerote or pargo prieto. It 

 inhabits waters of different depths, large examples often being found 

 near the shore, while others equally large are often taken at considera- 

 ble depths in company with the red snapper. Those from deep water 



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