Checkered snapper
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The checkered snapper has a body that is somewhat tall from back to belly.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Checkered snapper
- Scientific name
- Lutjanus decussatus
- Japanese name
- アミメフエダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lutjaniformes
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
A fish of rocky and coral reefs from the Ryukyu Islands to Taiwan, the eastern Indian Ocean and as far as western New Guinea.
Its sides have a checkered pattern made of reddish-brown lengthwise and vertical bands.
Basic data
- Range
- The Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Gulf of Thailand, and eastern Indian to western Pacific Ocean, and elsewhere
Where the Checkered snapper has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アミメフエダイ
- 简体中文
- 交叉笛鲷
- 繁體中文
- 交叉笛鯛
- Español
- Pargo Ajedrezado
- Français
- Vivaneau Damier
- Português (Brasil)
- Caranha-cruzada
- العربية
- نهاش متقاطع
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Tanda-tanda batu
- Русский
- Краснополосый луциан
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アミメフエダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — アミメフエダイChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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