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

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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






Red SnapperFDA-SL Market Name: Snapper
FDA-SL Common Name: Red Snapper
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Lutjanus campechanus
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: rs
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: lutjcamp
Vernac. 1) Caribbean Red Snapper
Vernac. 2) Mexican Snapper







AFS Common Name: Red Snapper
AFS Sci. Name: Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.
FAO Sci. Name: Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1875)
FAO Species Code: LUT Lut 16
FAO Common English: Northern red snapper
FAO Common French: Vivaneau campèche
FAO Common Spanish: Pargo del Golfo
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860;
Mem.Hist.Nat.Isla de Cuba, 2(49):149 (Campeche Bank; Key West).

FAO Synonyms: Mesoprion campechanus Poey (1875);
Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean (1879).

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageRed Snapper
Lutjanus campechanus
Snapper
AGulf of Mexico and Atlantic coast of the USA extending northward to Massachusetts, but rare north of the Carolinas.

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