Size: 10 to 24 in.
ID: Yellow fins; blue under eye; juvenile
has bars on back
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Lutjanidae / Snappers and Fusiliers
Genus Species: Lutjanus apodus / Schoolmaster
Habitat: above reefs or in shade of large elkhorn
corals or gorgonians
Typical food: crustaceans; small fish
Other information: "snapping" their jaws when hooked
is the source of their name; night feeders;
wary; drift in small to medium groups
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