Blue-and-gold snapper

The Blue-and-gold snapper lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 3 - 30 m , usually 9 - 15 m environment.

School of blue-and-gold snapper in the swim-through at Submerged Rock, Cocos Island. More

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Common names

Blåstribet guldsnapper in Danish (dansk)
blue and gold snapper in English
Blue-and-gold snapper in English
Huachinango in Spanish (español)
Pargo in sp
Pargo in Spanish (español)
Pargo azul-dorado in Spanish (español)
Pargo rayado in Spanish (español)
Rayado in Spanish (español)
Snapper in English
Vivaneau bleu et doré in French (français)
鑲帶笛鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
镶带笛鲷 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Lutjanidae
Genus : Lutjanus
Species : Lutjanus viridis
Authority : Valenciennes, 1846