Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 62

Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 .

Colorado Snapper; Pargo Colorado, Pargo Achotillo, Pargo Rojo.

Distribution: Global: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern California, USA, to northern Peru, including the cocos and Malpelo Islands; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: IC, Pi and Tr (Pacific), 0– 17 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 1000; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Allen (2015: 1316; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).