Scientific Name: Lutjanus sebae
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Juvenile/Sub-adult - White with red-brown mid-body bar; band from lip to nape, 2nd band mid-dorsal fin to lower tail. Adult - Solid red.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Typically deep, sandy bottoms to 100m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Australia and Papua New Guinea, north to S. Japan.
Red Emperor Snapper
Labels: Snapper
Northwest Australian Anemonefish
Scientific Name: Amphiprion rubrocinctus
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Red to orange with variable amounts of black on head and body; white or pale bluish head bar (in larger females often narrow with poorly defined edges). Similar Tomato and Red and Black Anemonefish distinguished by location.
Hide-out: Live with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone on reefs to 8m.
Location: W. Australia and the Northern Territory.
Labels: Anemonefish
Onespot Snapper
Scientific Name: Lutjanus monostigma
Family: Snappers - Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Silver to reddish or yellowish silver with yellow fins; may display a horizontally elongate black spot on rear back.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Outer reef areas in 5-60m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is., Tuamotu and Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.
Labels: Snapper






