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Profile updated on 1 October 2024
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Lutjanus argentiventris
SPECIES NAME(s)
Yellow snapper
This species is distributed in the Eastern Pacific from southern California to Peru, rarely in the north of Baja California, Mexico; also at the Cocos and Galapagos islands. Found in inshore reef areas over hard bottoms until at least 60 m depth (Fishbase n.d.). The stock structure is unknown.
In Mexico, the species is targeted by the Huachinango and pacific snappers fishery.
No related analysis
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