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Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), Golden Snapper, range extension to the Galapagos Islands

  • D. Ross Robertson,
  • Carol D. Cox,
  • Robert L. Cox

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1633
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 6
pp. 1633 – 1637

Abstract

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The well-cataloged marine fish fauna of the Galapagos Islands includes eight of the 12 species of snappers (Lutjanidae) found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. A recent recreational scuba dive in the Galapagos produced photographs of an additional snapper species, Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), which was sufficiently common as to likely have a recently established resident population.

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