Lutjanus analis

inglisePreopercular notch and knob weak. Pectoral fins are long, reaching level of anus. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Back and upper sides olive green, whitish with a red tinge on lower sides and belly. A black spot is on the upper back just above the lateral line and below the anterior dorsal fin rays. A pair of blue stripes runs on the snout-cheek region, the upper continuing behind eye to upper opercle edge.

• Mesoprion rosaceus Poey, 1870
• Mesoprion analis Cuvier, 1828
• Mesoprion isodon Cuvier, 1829
• Mesoprion sobra Cuvier, 1828