Image: Stripey Snapper - Settlement stage

A 22 mm long (SL) preserved settlement stage Stripey Snapper from the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection (AMS I.41401-144). The white areas of the fish were transparent when it was alive.

Photographer:

Amanda Hay

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

Stripey Snapper

Scientific name:

Lutjanus carponotatus

Family:

Lutjanidae

Order:

Perciformes

Additional information

The fish was caughtat a depth of between 1 m and 3 m, Researchers Beach, Lizard Island, Queensland on 2 February 2001. Some settlement stage larvae lack lateral stripes.

Reference:
Quéré, G & Leis, J.M., 2010. Settlement behaviour of larvae of the Stripey Snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus (Teleostei: Lutjanidae) Environmental Biology of Fishes 88: 227-238.

Last Updated: 29 July 2010

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Stripey Snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus, Lutjanidae,