Red Snapper

Categories: Food | Seafood | Food & Drink
    • Scientific name: Lutjanus campechanus
    • Inhabits waters from 30 to 200 feet
    • Acquires its pink color from eating shrimp
    • Can live more than 20 years
    • Swims in large schools
    • Similar to dog snapper, mutton snapper and mangrove snapper
    • A popular food fish
    • Eight million pounds of red snapper are caught each year in the United States
    • Rockfish is often mistaken for red snapper
  • The red snapper is a fish found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • The Look of Snapper

    The red snapper has a sloped head, medium-to-large scales, a spiny dorsal fin and short, sharp teeth. The mutton, dog and mangrove varieties have prominent upper canine teeth.

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