Lutjanus alexandrei, Rodrigo L. Moura & Kenyon C. Lindeman, 2007

Rodrigo L. Moura & Kenyon C. Lindeman, 2007, A new species of snapper (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) from Brazil, with comments on the distribution of Lutjanus griseus and L. apodus., Zootaxa 1422, pp. 31-43 : 32

publication ID

z01422p031

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EDE9214C-AABF-4706-AA56-C303C37A6B3C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249415

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/734E7E52-EF64-4181-9F74-CAD844E4D1A9

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:734E7E52-EF64-4181-9F74-CAD844E4D1A9

treatment provided by

Thomas

scientific name

Lutjanus alexandrei
status

new species

[[ Lutjanus alexandrei View in CoL , new species]]

In this paper we describe a new species of Lutjanus   ZBK that is endemic to the tropical Brazilian coast, reestablishing the number of valid western Atlantic species as 12. This species was first recognized as distinct during underwater surveys on reefs of northeastern Brazil (Moura 2003) based on its red body and fins, six white vertical lines, and dark (bright blue in life) spots between the snout and preopercle. Its status as a distinct species was further confirmed by additional morphological evidence and the inability to confirm field or museum records in Brazil of the two most similar species, Lutjanus griseus and L. apodus (the gray and schoolmaster snappers). The new Lutjanus   ZBK species has long been confused with not only L. griseus and L. apodus , but also L. jocu , which definitely occurs in Brazil.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Lutjanidae

Genus

Lutjanus

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