WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828)
218487 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218487)
accepted
Species
Diacope erythrina Rüppell, 1838 · unaccepted
Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lutianus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lutjanus sanguiness (Cuvier, 1828) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 437 [details]
page(s): 437 [details]
Description Inhabits coral and rock reefs to depths of at least 100 m. Off South Africa it displays a preference for slightly silty,...
Description Inhabits coral and rock reefs to depths of at least 100 m. Off South Africa it displays a preference for slightly silty, turbid regions in the vicinity of sometimes shallow, offshore banks. Captured mainly at night on coral banks off Mafia Island (Tanzania) in 9 to 12 m and off Zanzibar in about 75 m. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218487 on 2026-04-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7339
page(s): 437 [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
page(s): 437 [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [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
context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [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
Description Inhabits coral and rock reefs to depths of at least 100 m. Off South Africa it displays a preference for slightly silty, turbid regions in the vicinity of sometimes shallow, offshore banks. Captured mainly at night on coral banks off Mafia Island (Tanzania) in 9 to 12 m and off Zanzibar in about 75 m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | humphead snapper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lutianus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Diacope erythrina Rüppell, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus sanguineus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope erythrina Rüppell, 1838)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus sanguineus FIN030712 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lutianus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Diacope erythrina Rüppell, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanus sanguineus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lutianus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828))
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Diacope erythrina Rüppell, 1838)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Diacope sanguinea Cuvier, 1828)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanus sanguineus FIN030712 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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