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Two-spot red snapper
Lutjanus bohar
Valid name.
- English
- Two-spot red snapper
- Scientific
- Lutjanus bohar
- Dhivehi
- ރަތް މަސްRaiy mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- About 90 cm and 12.5 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Outer reef slopes, channels and lagoons, 0 to about 180 m (usually 10 to 70 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A robust, deep-bodied snapper, deep red to reddish-brown, with dark fins. Juveniles and some adults show two silvery-white spots on the back, which give it its English name. It hunts fish, crustaceans and cephalopods along reef edges, often at night. Large individuals have been associated with ciguatera poisoning in some parts of the Pacific.
In the Maldives
One of the most commonly caught reef fish in the Maldivian night handline fishery and widely eaten locally.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lutjanus-bohar.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=1417&GenusName=Lutjanus&SpeciesName=b
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ރަތް_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lutjanidae_-_Lutjanus_boha.JPG
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) (Latin 'Raiy mas'); Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition) (ރަތް މަސް, pronounced 'raiy mas').