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Family Lutjanidae, SNAPPERS
Lutjanus campechanus
Description: color pinkish red over entire body, whitish below; long triangular snout; anal fin sharply pointed; no dark lateral spot.
Similar Fish: vermilion snapper,
R. aurorubens.
Where found: OFFSHORE on the continental shelf, more plentiful off the panhandle than in south or middle Florida.
Size: to 20 pounds.
*Florida Record: 46 lbs., 8 ozs.
Remarks: juveniles
occur over sandy or mud bottoms and are often taken in shrimp trawls;
adults may live more than 20 years, and attain 35 pounds or more;
sexual maturity attained at age 2; spawns June to October; feeds on
crustaceans and fish.
* The Florida records
quoted are from the Department of Environmental Protection's printed
publication, Fishing Lines and are not necessarily the most current
ones. The records are provided as only as a benchmark.
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