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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Lane Snapper (Snapper; Lutjanus synagris)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code
FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS Common Name
AFS Scientific Name
AFS Other Names
AFS Synonyms
FAO Scientific Name
FAO Species Code
FAO Common Name English
FAO Common Name French
FAO Common Name Spanish
FAO Synonyms






Lane SnapperFDA-SL Market Name: Snapper
FDA-SL Common Name: Lane Snapper
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Lutjanus synagris
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ls
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: lutjsyna
Vernac. 1) Spot Snapper
Vernac. 2) Redtail Snapper
Vernac. 3) Silk Snapper






AFS Common Name: Lane Snapper
AFS Sci. Name: Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.
FAO Sci. Name: Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
FAO Species Code: LUT Lut 22
FAO Common English: Lane snapper
FAO Common French: Vivaneau gazou
FAO Common Spanish: Pargo bajaiba
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Sparus synagris Linnaeus, 1758;
Syst.Nat., 10:280 (Bahamas).

FAO Synonyms: Sparus vermicularis Bloch & Schneider (1801);
Lutjanus abrieti Desmarest (1823);
Mesoprion uninotatus Cuvier (in C. & V., 1828);
? Lutjanus brachypterus Cope (1871);
Neomaenis megalophthalmus Evermann & Marsh (1900).

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageLane Snapper
Lutjanus synagris
Snapper
ATropical western Atlantic Ocean, northward to N. Carolina and south to southeastern Brazil. Most abundant around the Antilles, on the Campeche Bank off Panama and the northern coast of S. America.

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