Tang's snapper
| Tang's snapper | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Genus: | Lipocheilus W. D. Anderson, Talwar & G. D. Johnson, 1977 |
| Species: | L. carnolabrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lipocheilus carnolabrum (W. L. Y. Chan, 1970) | |
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Tang's snapper, Lipocheilus carnolabrum, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They inhabit areas of the continental shelf with rocky substrates at depths from 90 to 340 m (300 to 1,120 ft). This species grows to 60 cm (24 in) in total length. It is a commercially important species as a food fish. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lipocheilus carnolabrum" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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