Sealife guideThe glasseye snapperHeteropriacanthus cruentatus

Taxonomy

Common name: Glasseye snapper
French name: Soleil caye, Beauclaire de roche
Spanish name: Catalufa roquera
Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Family name: Priacanthidae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The glasseye snapper is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The glasseye snapper appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Least Concern !

The glasseye snapper (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

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