Lutjanus lutjanus

anglųDorsal profile of head gently sloped. Preorbital bone very narrow, much less than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally silvery white, with a broad yellow stripe running along the side from the eye to the caudal fin base. A series of faint narrow yellow horizontal lines is on the lower half of the body. The fins are pale yellow to whitish (Ref. 469). Body depth 2.9-3.3 in SL (Ref. 90102).

• Diacope lineolata Rüppell, 1829
• Mesoprion erythrognathus Valenciennes, 1831
• Mesoprion xanthopterygius Bleeker, 1849
• Mesoprion caroui Cuvier, 1828
• Serranus nouleny Valenciennes, 1828
• Lutjanus lineolatus (Rüppell, 1829)
• Lutianus lutianus Bloch, 1790
• Lutianus lineolatus (Rüppell, 1829)
• Rhomboplitoides megalops Fowler, 1918
• Lutjanus blochii Lacepède, 1802
• Lutianus lutjanus Bloch, 1790