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Common bluestripe snapper
Lutjanus kasmira
Valid name.
- English
- Common bluestripe snapper
- Scientific
- Lutjanus kasmira
- Dhivehi
- ދޮން ރީނދޫ މަސްDhon reendhoo mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- About 40 cm (commonly 25 cm)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef slopes and lagoons, about 3 to 265 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A bright yellow snapper with four narrow blue stripes along the side, edged in dark blue, and a pale belly. By day it gathers in dense schools near coral heads; at night it disperses to feed on fish, shrimps, crabs and cephalopods. It was introduced to Hawaii in the 1950s, where it became abundant.
In the Maldives
Forms large, photogenic schools on Maldivian reefs and thilas, often mixed with other snappers and goatfish.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lutjanus-kasmira.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=156&GenusName=Lutjanus&SpeciesName=ka
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ދޮން_ރީނދޫ_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pargo_de_rayas_azules_(Lutjanus_kasmira),_Mauricio,_2025-09
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); Latin transliterated by Pax. FishBase gives 'Reendumas' for India (Minicoy), not Maldives.