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  • Lutjanus alexandrei has been described recently in the paper “A new species of snapper (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) from Brazil, with comments on the distribution of Lutijanus griseua and L. apodus” by R.L. Moura and K.C. Lindeman (in Zootaxa 1422: 31-43: 2007).

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • Grunts (Family Haemulidae) and snappers (Family Lutjanidae) hang around the reef in small groups during the day.

    Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean 2008

  • The structure of the ordination was driven by strong associations of sharks (Carcharhinidae), jacks (Carangidae), and large species of groupers (Serranidae) and snappers (Lutjanidae) with regions of low human population density

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Twenty taxa of predatory fishes met the above criteria and included eight species of grouper (Family Serranidae), eight species of snapper (Lutjanidae), one species each of trumpetfish (Aulostomidae) and barracuda (Sphyraenidae), and both jacks

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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