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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Schoolmaster (Schoolmaster; Lutjanus apodus)

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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






SchoolmasterFDA-SL Market Name: Schoolmaster
FDA-SL Common Name: Schoolmaster
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Lutjanus apodus
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: as
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: lutjapod
Vernac. 1) Caji
Vernac. 2) Pargo Amarillo







AFS Common Name: Schoolmaster
AFS Sci. Name: Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum 1892)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.
FAO Sci. Name: Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum 1792)
FAO Species Code: LUT Lut 14
FAO Common English: Schoolmaster Snapper
FAO Common French: Vivaneau dentchien
FAO Common Spanish: Pargo Amarillo
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Perca apoda Walbam, 1792;
Artedi Piscim:351 (Bahamas).

FAO Synonyms: Sparus caxis Bloch & Schneider (1801);
Bodianus striatus Bloch & Schneider (1801);
Bodianus albostriatus Bloch & Schneider (1801);
Bodianus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider (1801);
Lutjanus acutirostris Desmarest (1823);
Mesoprion cynodon Cuvier (in C. & V., 1828);
Mesoprion linea Cuvier (in C. & V., 1828).

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageSchoolmaster
Lutjanus apodus
Schoolmaster
ATropical western Atlantic Ocean as far north as Massachusetts and south to Trinidad and northern Brazil. Rare north of Florida.

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