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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS 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 |
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Silk Snapper | FDA-SL Market Name: Snapper FDA-SL Common Name: Silk Snapper FDA-SL Sci. Name: Lutjanus vivanus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ss FDA RFE 8 Letter code: lutjviva | Vernac. 1) West Indian Snapper Vernac. 2) Day Snapper Vernac. 3) Longfin Red Snapper | AFS Common Name: Silk Snapper AFS Sci. Name: Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1829) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. | FAO Sci. Name: Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828) FAO Species Code: LUT Lut 23 FAO Common English: Silk snapper FAO Common French: Vivaneau soie FAO Common Spanish: Pargo de lo alto | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Mesoporion vivanus Cuvier (in C. & V.), 1828; Hist.Nat.Poiss., 2:454 (Martinique). FAO Synonyms: Mesoprion profundus Poey (1860); Lutjanus torridus Cope (1871). |
Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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Silk Snapper Lutjanus vivanus Snapper | A | Tropical western Atlantic Ocean as far north as Bermuda and N. Carolina and south to central eastern Brazil. Most abundant around the Antilles and the Bahamas. |
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