Overview
Family : Snappers ; Adults probably frequent coral reef areas ; juveniles found in mangrove estuaries[1]. Feeds on fishes and benthic invertebrates including shrimps, crabs and cephalopods . In Hong Kong live fish markets[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Agutaynen:
Maya-maya
Common Names in Arabic:
Aglaa, Hamra, Hobara, Khadharcha, Naisarah, Naiser
Common Names in Bikol:
Adgawon, Arungan, Dapak
Common Names in Cantonese:
Ngar dim
Common Names in Cebuano:
Islawan, Maya-maya
Common Names in Chavacano:
Dapak
Common Names in Chinese:
Ngar dim
Common Names in Creole, French:
Giblot
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Giblot
Common Names in Danish:
Johns snapper
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Aloman, Aluman, Katambak, Maya-maya
Common Names in English:
Big-Scaled Bream, Fingermark Bream, Fingermark Seaperch, Golden snapper, John´s Seaperch, John´s Snapper, John's Sea-Perch, John's seaperch, John's snapper, Mangrove snapper, Moses perch, One spot snapper, Red Bream, Snapper, Spotted-scale sea-perch, spotted-scaled sea perch
Common Names in Farsi:
Sorkhoo-e-maamooli
Common Names in French:
Lutjan , Lutjan à tache unique, Vivaneau ziebelo, Ziebelo
Common Names in German:
Schnapper, Snapper
Common Names in Gujarati:
Gurka tamb, Tamb, ગુર્કા તંબ , તમ્બ
Common Names in Hiligaynon:
Barao
Common Names in Ilokano:
Paswan
Common Names in Japanese:
Minami-fuedai
Common Names in Javanese:
Cabeh watu, Petehan, Tambangan, Tetahan
Common Names in Kannada:
ಚೆಂಬಲಿ
Common Names in Kapampangan:
Maya-maya
Common Names in Malay:
Barah-barahan, Ikan Merah, Jempul, Jenahak, Jenahar, Jenehak, Tabung merah, Tambangan, Tanda-tanda, Tetanda, Ungar
Common Names in Malayalam:
Chembolay, ചെംന്പോല , ചെന്വല്ലി, പഹരി, മുറുമീന്
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Hong Zao, 約翰笛鯛, 约翰笛鲷, 赤笔仔, 赤筆仔, 黑斑笛鯛, 黑斑笛鲷
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Babaan
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug:
Babaan
Common Names in Marathi:
Chavari tamb, Chavri-tamb, चावारी तामब
Common Names in Persian:
Sorkhoo-e-maamooli
Common Names in Polish:
Lucjan jana
Common Names in Spanish:
Pargo jaspeado
Common Names in Tagalog:
Maya maya, Paswan
Common Names in Tamil:
Parithi, கருவாளை , கார்வா , செங்கனீ, செப்பீலீ, தூக்கல் , நெத்தீபீரீன் , பட்டீனீ கீளீ , பரித்தி, பருத்தீகன்னீ , பருத்தீவலா மீன் , பாரீதீ , வெக்௧ட்டை
Common Names in Telugu:
Rangu, కలి య్య , తుండవ , రంగు
Common Names in Thai:
Kaphongkhangpan, Pla ka pong daeng, Pla ka pong deng, Pla ka pong kang pan, Pla Kapong Deang Grad Hang, Pla Kapong-Kang-Paen, Pla pan, กะพงข้างปาน, ปลากะพงข้างปาน, ปลากะพงแดง, ปลาปาน
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá H?ng v?y ngang, Cá hñng, Cá hòng, Cá Hồng vẩy ngang
Common Names in Visayan:
Paswan
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Dapak, Langisi, Maya-maya, Paswan
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 75 meters (0 to 246 feet).[3]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
obably frequent coral reef areas; juveniles
fou
()
- Genus:
Lutjanus
()
- Bloch, 1790
- Specific name:
johnii
- Scientific name: - Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792)
- Specific name:
johnii
- Genus:
Lutjanus
(
- Family:
obably frequent coral reef areas; juveniles
fou
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Anthias johnii • Anthias johnii Bloch • Anthias johnii Bloch, 1792 • Coius catus Hamilton • Diacope xanthozona Kuhl • Lutianus johni (Bloch • Lutianus johni (Bloch, 1792) • Lutjanus johni • Lutjanus johni (Bloch • Lutjanus johni (Bloch, 1792) • Lutjanus johnii • Mesoprion yapilli Cuvier • Serranus pavoninus Valenciennes • Sparus tranquebaricus Shaw
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 05-Feb-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lutjanus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 94 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. adetii (Yellow-Banded Sergeant-Major) · L. agennes (African Cubera Snapper) · L. alexandrei (Brazilian Snapper) · L. altifrontalis (Mangrove Red Snapper) · L. ambiguus (Ambiguous Snapper) · L. analis (Virgin Snapper) · L. apodus (Schoolmaster Snapper) · L. aratus (Mullet Snapper) · L. argentimaculatus (Silver-Spotted Gray Snapper) · L. argentiventris (Yellowtail Snapper) · L. bengalensis (Bengal Snapper) · L. biguttatus (Two-Spot Banded Seaperch) · L. bitaeniatus (Indonesian Shortfin Eel) · L. bohar (Two-Spot Banded-Snapper) · L. boutton (Moluccen Snapper) · L. buccanella (Blackfin Red Snapper) · L. caeruleolineatus (Blue Line Snapper) · L. campechanus (Carribbean Red Snapper) · L. campechianus (Golden-Banded Snapper) · L. carponotatus (Dusky-Striped Sea-Perch) · L. chrysotaenia (Goldbanded Sea Perch) · L. coatesi (Kelp Sea Perch) · L. coeruleolineatus (Blue Line Snapper) · L. colorado (Colorado Snapper) · L. cyanopterus (Canteen Snapper) · L. decussatus (Crossbanded Snapper) · L. dentatus (African Brown Snapper) · L. diacanthus (Blackspotted Croacker) · L. dodecacanthoides (Sunbeam Snapper) · L. ehrenbergi (Ehrenberg's Seaperch) · L. ehrenbergii (Ehrenbergs´ Seaperch) · L. endecacanthus (Guinea Snapper) · L. ephippium (Red Saddleback Anemonefish) · L. erythropterus (Saddle-Tailed Sea-Perch) · L. fulgens (Golden African Snapper) · L. fulviflamma (Papuan Black Snapper) · L. fulvus (Yellow-Margined Sea Perch) · L. fuscescens (Freshwater Snake-Eel) · L. gibbus (Humpbacked Red Snapper) · L. goldiei (Papuan Black Snapper) · L. goreensis (Gorean Snapper) · L. griseus (Mangrove Snapper) · L. guilcheri (Yellowfin Red Snapper) · L. guineensis (Gorean Snapper) · L. guttatus (Rose Island Dottyback) · L. gymnocephalus (Naked-Head Glossy Perchlet) · L. hasta (Lined Silver Grunter) · L. hexagonus (Large-Scale Soldierfish) · L. inermis (Pacific Rabirubia) · L. jocu (Dog´s Tooth Snapper) · L. johni (Spotted-Scaled Sea Perch) · L. johnii (Spotted-Scaled Sea Perch) · L. jordani (Jordan´s Damsel) · L. kasmira (Common Blue-Strips Snapper) · L. lemniscatus (Yellowstreak Triggerfish) · L. lineolatus (Golden-Striped Snapper) · L. lunulatus (Lunartail Seaperch) · L. luteus (Torroto Grunt) · L. lutjanus (Big-Eye Snapper) · L. madras (Indian Short-Finned Eel) · L. mahogoni (Mahogony Snapper) · L. malabaricus (Big-Mouth Nannygai) · L. maxweberi (Pygmy Snapper) · L. melanocercus (Blacktailed Wrasse) · L. mizenkoi (Samoan Snapper) · L. monostigma (Black Spot Red Snapper) · L. monostigmus (Black Spot Snapper) · L. nematophorus (Chinaman-Fish) · L. notatus (Bluestripped Snapper) · L. novemfasciatus (Pacific Cubera Snapper) · L. ophuysenii (Spotstripe Snapper) · L. palloni (Scaled-Rayed Wrasse) · L. percula (Blackfinned Clownfish) · L. peru (Pacific Red Snapper) · L. purpureus (Caribbean Red Snapper) · L. quinquelineatus (Gold-Striped Sea-Perch) · L. rivulatus (Blue-Spotted Sea-Perch) · L. roissali (Five-Spotted Wrasse) · L. rufolineatus (Yellow-Striped Snapper) · L. russelli (Russell's One Spot Snapper) · L. russellii (Russell´s Mackerel-Scad) · L. sanguineus (Blood Snapper) · L. sebae (Emperor's Red-Snapper) · L. semicinctus (Black-Banded Seaperch) · L. stellatus (White-Spotted Snapper) · L. surinamensis (Thicklip Grunt) · L. synagris (Bream) · Anabas testudineus (Timor Seaperch) · L. timorensis (Red Snapper) · L. argentimaculatus (Yellowmargined Sea Perch) · L. viridis (Blue- And- Gold Snapper) · L. vitta (Blackstriped Snapper) · L. vittus (Brown Stripe Red Snapper) · L. vivanus (Yellow-Eyed (Red) Snapper)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 131, p. 90.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 480.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 305, p. 305.
- Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 131.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 602.
- The fisheries of the oriental region / Sydney: F. Cunninghame & Co., general printers, [between 1887 and 1890] url p. 21.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Paxton, John (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 131174
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22896
- Fishbase Species ID: 264
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13549179
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168885
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115797
Footnotes
- Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers (1996). FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. [back]
- Lee, C. and Y. Sadovy (1998). A taste for live fish: Hong Kong's live reef fish market. Naga ICLARM Q. 21(2):38-42. [back]
- Mean = -38.080 meters (-124.934 feet), Standard Deviation = 188.170 based on 189 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
