Cardinal snapper

The Cardinal snapper lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 110 - 550 m environment.

DEEP DWELLER: This cardinal snapper was taken off St. Maarten. Photo: Courtesy of Stephan Kretzschmar SWS reader Stephan Kretzschmar caught this snapper off the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. Kretzschmar said the fish is known locally as a "quaker. More

Common names

Bigeye snapper in English
Cardenal in Spanish (español)
Cardinal snapper in English
Colas gros yeux in French (français)
Kardinalsnapper in Danish (dansk)
Muniama in Spanish (español)
Muniama de afuera in Spanish (español)
Panchito ojón in Spanish (español)
pargo panchito in Spanish (español)
Rózowik karaibski in Polish (polski)
voraz in Spanish (español)
Wenchman in English
рыба-ворчун in Russian (русский язык)
大眼紫魚 in Mandarin Chinese
大眼紫鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Lutjanidae
Genus : Pristipomoides
Species : Pristipomoides macrophthalmus
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