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Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)

Dory snapper
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United Arab Emirates country information

Common names: Nesrah, Neiser
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Grandcourt, E.M., T.Z. Al Abdessalaam and F. Francis, 2006
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: This species is an important component of the coastal demersal fisheries resources of the country, where it is mainly caught using inter tidal fence nets and dome shaped wire traps, known locally as Al hadrah and gargoor, respectively. Landings of snappers, predominantly L. fulviflamma, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the southern Arabian Gulf in totalled 121 metric tonnes during 2003 (Ref. 94051). Also Ref. 55.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tc.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Grandcourt, E.M., T.Z. Al Abdessalaam and F. Francis, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
  More on author: Forsskål.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 35 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 31°N - 35°S, 20°E - 134°W (Ref. 55)

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