Blacktail snapper
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Blacktail snapper is often seen at markets as a food fish.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blacktail snapper
- Scientific name
- Lutjanus fulvus
- Japanese name
- オキフエダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lutjaniformes
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
A fish found from the seas and islands of southern Japan to Taiwan, southern China and across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Young fish are found among mangroves and in the fresh water of rivers' lower reaches.
Basic data
- Range
- The Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Blacktail 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
- オキフエダイ
- 简体中文
- 焦黄笛鲷
- 繁體中文
- 黃足笛鯛
- Español
- Pargo colinegra
- Français
- Vivaneau queue noire
- Deutsch
- Schwarzschwanz-Schnapper
- Português (Brasil)
- Caranha-de-margem-preta
- Italiano
- Lutiano coda nera
- العربية
- نهاش كهرماني
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kakap ekor hitam
- Русский
- Чернохвостый 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 — オキフエダイChecked: 2026-11-04
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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