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- 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
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The red snapper is a fish found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico.
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