Size: 10-24 in.
ID: none of others! often a darkish band lip to eye
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Lutjanidae / Snappers and Fusiliers
Genus Species: Lutjanus griseus / Gray Snapper
Habitat: shallow inshore areas
Typical food: crustaceans, small fish
Other information: "snapping" their jaws when hooked is the
source of their name;
night feeders; not afraid; drift in small schools
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