BrackishSaltwater
Malabar blood snapper
Lutjanus malabaricus
Lutjanidae, Lutjaninae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 100 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 21,000 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Admiralty Is., Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, and 39 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Adults inhabit both coastal and offshore reefs. They tend to be associated with sponge and gorgonian-dominated habitats on the North West Shelf, and hard mud areas of the Arafura Sea. In Australia, they frequently form mixed shoals with L. erythropterus. Juveniles tend to inhabit shallow inshore waters and larger fish live in deeper waters. Juveniles also occur in mangrove areas and seagrass beds. Feed mainly on fishes, with small amounts of benthic crustaceans, cephalopods and other benthic invertebrates. They forage mostly at night. Caught mainly with handlines, bottom longlines, and bottom trawls. Marketed fresh, dried-salted and frozen.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Lutianus malabaricus
- Lutjanus dodecacanthus
- Lutjanus malabarius
- Lutjanus sanguineus
- Mesoprion dodecacanthus
- Sparus malabaricus
In other languages
- Malabarsnapper
- Blodsnapper
- Big-mouth nannygai, Large-mouthed nannygai, Large-mouthed sea-perch, Malabar red snapper, Malabar red-snapper, Malabar seaperch, Malabar snapper, Nannygai, Red bass, Red bream, Red emperor, Red jew, Red snapper, Redfish, Saddle-tail snapper, Saddle-tailed sea-perch, Saddletail seaperch, Saddletail snapper, Scarlet emperor, Scarlet sea perch, Scarlet sea-perch, Silver, Snapper
Articles
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Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.