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Lutjanus mahogoni
Photo take at -35 ft on a coral reef . The Mahogany snapper have Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Lower jaw projecting slightly beyond upper jaw; lower corner of preopercle greatly projecting and strongly serrated. Preorbital bone broad, maxilla extending nearly to mid-eye level. Preopercular notch and knob moderate. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Back and upper side gray to dark olive grading to silvery ventrally. Usually with a black spot, about eye size, on lateral line below the anterior soft dorsal-fin ray.
Coral reefs in shallow water. Found from N. Carolina all the Caribbean sea , Central America to north Brazil.
Spotted on Jun 9, 2012
Submitted on Jun 9, 2012
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