Black-banded snapper
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit coral reefs where it usually occurs singly or in small groups. A shy species that moves around quickly through coral channels in hunt for small fishes . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Dorsal profile of head moderately sloped. Preorbital width about equal to eye diameter or slightly greater. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally pink, grading to white on lower half of the body. A series of seven narrow brown bars extend from the back to about half way down the side. A big black blotch is on the peduncle and the adjacent caudal-fin base . Body depth 2.6-3.1 in SL .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Black-banded snapper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 36 m . Tropical; 20°N - 26°S, 118°E - 146°W southern Oceania from Tahiti to New Guinea, and extending northward to the Philippines.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Black-banded Seaperch · Black-banded snapper · Blackbanded Snapper · Half-banded Seaperch · Half-barred Snapper |
| 🌍CES | chňapal polopruhý |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Sortbåndet snapper |
| 🇫🇷French | Lutjan à bandes noires · Vivaneau à bandes noires |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Caranha-tigre |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Полинезийский луциан |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Pargo Cinteado · Pargo tigre |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 黑紋笛鯛 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 6 records indexed .
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