Russell's snapper
Amazing fact
Young Russell’s snappers have brown stripes running along their bodies.
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Young Russell’s snappers have brown stripes running along their bodies.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Russell's snapper
- Scientific name
- Lutjanus russellii
- Japanese name
- クロホシフエダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lutjaniformes
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
Where the name “Russell's snapper” comes from
Its scientific name honours Patrick Russell, who described and illustrated this fish.
Museums Victoria and OzFishNetA fish of rocky and coral reefs, from the Pacific coast of southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
It has a large black spot on its body, and its pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are yellow.
How the Russell's snapper lives
It mainly eats bottom-dwelling invertebrates and fish. Small fish usually live alone in places such as tide pools. Large fish sometimes form groups.
Australian Museum宇久井ビジターセンターBasic data
- Range
- The Pacific coast of southern Japan to the Ryukyu Islands and the Indo-Pacific
Where the Russell's 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
- クロホシフエダイ
- 简体中文
- 勒氏笛鲷
- 繁體中文
- 勒氏笛鯛
- 한국어
- 점퉁돔
- Español
- Pargo de Russell
- Français
- Vivaneau hublot
- Deutsch
- Russells Schnapper
- Português (Brasil)
- Caranha-de-Russell
- Italiano
- Lutiano di Russell
- العربية
- نهاش روسيلي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Gorara
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá hồng chấm đen
- Русский
- Полосатый 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 — クロホシフエダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- Australian Museum — Moses' Snapper, Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849)Checked: 2026-11-07
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — クロホシフエダイChecked: 2026-11-07
- Museums Victoria and OzFishNet — Moses' Snapper, Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker 1849)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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