Star snapper
Amazing fact
Fertilized star snapper eggs are transparent spheres that float in water.
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Fertilized star snapper eggs are transparent spheres that float in water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Star snapper
- Scientific name
- Lutjanus stellatus
- Japanese name
- フエダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lutjaniformes
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
How the Star snapper lives
Newly hatched larvae have a large, oval yolk.
The Ichthyological Society of JapanBasic data
- Range
- The Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, southern Kyushu coast, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Guangdong, and elsewhere
Where the Star 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
- フエダイ
- 简体中文
- 白星笛鲷
- 繁體中文
- 星點笛鯛
- Español
- Pargo de lunar blanco
- Português (Brasil)
- Caranha-de-mancha-branca
- العربية
- نهاش نجمي
- Русский
- Звёздный 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 — フエダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- The Ichthyological Society of Japan — Reproductive Behavior, Eggs and Larvae of a Lutjanid Fish, Lutjanus stellatus, Observed in an AquariumChecked: 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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