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Lutjanus sebae

Lutjanus sebae (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Lutjanidae
Subfamilia: Lutjaninae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species: L. sebae

Lutjanus sebae, commonly known as the emperor red snapper, bourgeois red snapper, or bourgeois fish, is a snapper from the Indo-West Pacific. It is fished for food and occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 116cm in length.

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Lutjanus sebae" in FishBase. December 2008 version.

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