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

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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






Gray SnapperFDA-SL Market Name: Snapper
FDA-SL Common Name: Gray Snapper
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Lutjanus griseus
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: gs
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: lutjgris
Vernac. 1) Mangrove Snapper
Vernac. 2) Lawyer
Vernac. 3) Cabellerote
Vernac. 4) Pargo Prieto





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

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.
FAO Sci. Name: Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
FAO Species Code: LUT Lut 18
FAO Common English: Grey snapper
FAO Common French: Vivaneau sarde grise
FAO Common Spanish: Pargo prieto
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Labrus griseus Linnaeus, 1758;
Syst.Nat., 9:283 (Bahamas).

FAO Synonyms: Sparus tetracanthus Bloch (1791);
Anthias caballerote Bloch & Schneider (1801);
Bodianus vivanet Lacepède (1803);
Lobotes emarginatus Baird & Girard (1855);
Lutjanus stearnsi Goode & Bean (1879).

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageGray Snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Snapper
A/FreshwaterTropical western Atlantic Ocean as far north as Massachusetts and south to Rio de Janeiro. Rare north of Florida. Common off southeastern Florida and around the Antilles.

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