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Brownstripe snapper

Lutjanus vitta

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Field Notes

Description:

Up to 40 cm. Whitish with diagonal brownish lines above lateral line and horizontal below. Yellow to brown or black stripe from eye to base of tail.

Habitat:

School seen in Cement Wreck dive site in Lankayan Island, Sabah (Borneo).

Reference Links:

Lutjanus vitta, Brownstripe red snapper : fisheries, aquarium

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