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Lutjanus Bloch, 1790

AphiaID

159791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159791)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790

Parent

Lutjanidae Gill, 1861

Synonymised names

Diacope Cuvier, 1815 · unaccepted

Diacopus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Genyorage · unaccepted (misspelling)

Genyoroge Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)

Jordanichthys Evermann & Clark, 1928 · unaccepted

Lutianus Cuvier, 1798 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Mesoprio · unaccepted

Mesoprion Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted

Neomaenis Girard, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)

Neomaensis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Neomaneis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Neomansis · unaccepted (misspelling)

Rabirubia Jordan & Fesler, 1893 · unaccepted

Rhomboplitoides Fowler, 1918 · unaccepted

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Species Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)
Species Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863
Species Lutjanus alexandrei Moura & Lindeman, 2007
Species Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860)
Species Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864)
Species Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869)
Species Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790)
Species Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus boutton (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860)
Species Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842)
Species Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838)
Species Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861)
Species Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869)
Species Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863
Species Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)
Species Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus goldiei (MacLeay, 1882)
Species Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus guilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959
Species Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869)
Species Lutjanus indicus Allen, White & Erdmann, 2013
Species Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869)
Species Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792)
Species Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898)
Species Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797)
Species Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831)
Species Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Lutjanus maxweberi Popta, 1921
Species Lutjanus mizenkoi Allen & Talbot, 1985
Species Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus novemfasciatus Gill, 1862
Species Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860)
Species Lutjanus papuensis Allen, White & Erdmann, 2013
Species Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922)
Species Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866)
Species Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)
Species Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849)
Species Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus sapphirolineatus Iwatsuki, Al-Mamry & Heemstra, 2016
Species Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816)
Species Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Lutjanus stellatus Akazaki, 1983
Species Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus timoriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus xanthopinnis Iwatsuki, Tanaka & Allen, 2015
Species Lutjanus acutirostris Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Lutjanus agenes Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863 (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus alberti Risso, 1810 accepted as Symphodus roissali (Risso, 1810)
Species Lutjanus altifrontalis Chan, 1970 accepted as Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus amabilis (De Vis, 1885) accepted as Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)
Species Lutjanus annularis (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus argentimculatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus aubrieti Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus aubrietii Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus aureovittatus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Scolopsis aurata (Park, 1797)
Species Lutjanus bigguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean, 1878 accepted as Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860)
Species Lutjanus blochii Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus brachypterus Cope, 1871 accepted as Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus bucanella (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus caballerote (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus caeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) accepted as Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus caeruleovittatus (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus campechianus Poey, 1860 accepted as Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus carponatus (Richardson, 1842) accepted as Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus castelnaui Whitley, 1928 accepted as Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)
Species Lutjanus caxi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Lutjanus cayanensis Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801)
Species Lutjanus cayennensis Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus chirtah (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus chrysops Bloch, 1790 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Lutjanus chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842)
Species Lutjanus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Lutjanus cianopterus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus coatesi Whitley, 1934 accepted as Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Lutjanus coccineus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus comoriensis Fourmanoir, 1957 accepted as Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus cubera Poey, 1871 accepted as Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus cynodon Poey, 1868 accepted as Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus decussates (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus dessucatus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus diacanthus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Lutjanus dodecacanthus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Lutjanus duodecemlineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus duodecimlineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus ehrenbergi (Peters, 1869) accepted as Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus ehrevbergi (Peters, 1869) accepted as Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus ellipticus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793)
Species Lutjanus ephippium Bloch, 1790 accepted as Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790)
Species Lutjanus erytropterus Bloch, 1790 accepted as Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus eutactus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861)
Species Lutjanus fulviflama (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus fulviflammus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) (Spelling variation)
Species Lutjanus goldei (MacLeay, 1882) accepted as Lutjanus goldiei (MacLeay, 1882) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus guineensis Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus gymnocephalus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790 accepted as Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus hexagonus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Lutjanus iita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus janthinuropterus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Lutjanus johni (Bloch, 1792) accepted as Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus jourdin Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus lamarckii Risso, 1810 accepted as Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Lutjanus lapina (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus lineolatus (Rüppell, 1829) accepted as Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus lioglossus Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus longmani Whitley, 1937 accepted as Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
Species Lutjanus luteus Bloch, 1790 accepted as Genyatremus luteus (Bloch, 1790)
Species Lutjanus maculatus (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Pomadasys maculatus (Bloch, 1793)
Species Lutjanus malabarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus maltzani Steindachner, 1881 accepted as Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830)
Species Lutjanus marginatus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)
Species Lutjanus massa Risso, 1810 accepted as Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus melanocercus Risso, 1810 accepted as Centrolabrus melanocercus (Risso, 1810)
Species Lutjanus melanotaenia Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Species Lutjanus melanurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 accepted as Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Lutjanus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus microstomus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus modestus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)
Species Lutjanus modestus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)
Species Lutjanus monostigmus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1860) accepted as Symphorus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1860)
Species Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791 accepted as Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lutjanus norwegicus Bloch, 1791 accepted as Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Lutjanus octolineatus Fourmanoir, 1957 accepted as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828)
Species Lutjanus oligolepis Bleeker, 1873 accepted as Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869)
Species Lutjanus palloni Risso, 1810 accepted as Acantholabrus palloni (Risso, 1810)
Species Lutjanus palmeri Fowler, 1931 accepted as Lutjanus maxweberi Popta, 1921
Species Lutjanus paravitta Postel, 1965 accepted as Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)
Species Lutjanus pentagramma Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Lutjanus percula Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Lutjanus prieto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Lutjanus novemfasciatus Gill, 1862
Species Lutjanus quilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959 accepted as Lutjanus guilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959 (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus rangus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Lutjanus rivalatus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lutjanus rivuturus (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus roissali Risso, 1810 accepted as Symphodus roissali (Risso, 1810)
Species Lutjanus rostratus Bloch, 1791 accepted as Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Lutjanus rubescens Risso, 1810 accepted as Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791)
Species Lutjanus rufolineata (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus russelli (Bleeker, 1849) accepted as Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) (misspelling)
Species Lutjanus sanguiness (Cuvier, 1828) accepted as Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lutjanus scandens (Daldorff, 1797) (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus spilurus (Bennett, 1833) (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus stearnsi Goode & Bean, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus stearnsii Goode & Bean, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus surinamensis Bloch, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus testudo Lacepède, 1802 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus timorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Lutjanus torridus Cope, 1871 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus triangulum Lacepède, 1802 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus unimaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus verres Bloch, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus virescens Bloch, 1791 (unaccepted)
Species Lutjanus virulatus (Cuvier, 1828) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lutjanus vita (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Lutjanus vittus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Lutjanus aya Bloch (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lutjanus Bloch, 1790. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159791 on 2025-02-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details]

original description (of Mesoprion Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]