WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860)
159795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159795)
accepted
Species
Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean, 1878 · unaccepted
Lutjanus campechianus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Neomaenis aya (Bloch) · uncertain
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and eastern coast of the USA extending northward to Massachusetts, coasts of Florida
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and eastern coast of the USA extending northward to Massachusetts, coasts of Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159795 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and eastern coast of the USA extending northward to Massachusetts, coasts of Florida [details]Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | red snappernorthern red snapper | [details] |
| Spanish | huachinango del Golfo | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (128 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus campechianus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus campechanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus campechianus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (1080 nucleotides; 511 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (1080 nucleotides; 511 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus campechianus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus campechanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus campechianus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (1080 nucleotides; 511 proteins) (from synonym Mesoprion campechanus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (1080 nucleotides; 511 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
