Black Star Snapper Russell's snapper
Flute snapper family, Latin name Lutjanus russellii common names: fire point, Le's flute snapper, Lu's flute seabream, sea chicken mother (Taitung), Wudianzai (Penghu), safflower boy (Penghu), flute snapper. The adult body length is about 30.0 cm
It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region from the east coast of Africa in the west to Fiji in the east, to southern Australia in the south, and to southern Japan in the north
It is mainly active in reef areas, sand mud bottoms, estuaries, freshwater, offshore coasts, lagoons, reef and sand mixed areas, and feeds mainly on fish and crustaceans.
The body is oblong and oval, with an arc-like curved dorsal margin. The eye space is flat. The absence of a missing engraving of the front gill cover is not significant. Gill raker number 15-18. The upper and lower jaws have fine teeth and multiple columns, the outer teeth are slightly enlarged, the front of the upper jaw has 2 canine teeth, and the inner columns are villi; The lower jaw has a column of sparse, finely pointed teeth, slightly enlarged at the rear; The hoe teeth are triangular in a triangular shape with a protrusion behind it; The palate also has villous teeth; The tongue surface is toothless. The body is covered with medium and large ctenophores, and the cheeks and gill caps have multiple rows of scales; The dorsal fin strips and the base of the fin have fine scales; The number of scales in the forehead area of the dorsal back of the head is 1-2, and there are wide gaps separated from the left and right; The scales above the lateral line are arranged diagonally towards the dorsal edge, and the scales below are parallel to the body axis. There is no significant depth between the soft and hard fins of the dorsal fin; The base of the fin is short and opposite the soft strip of the dorsal fin; Dorsal fin hard spine X, soft strip 14; fin hard spine I, soft strip 8; The pectoral fin is long, with the end reaching the beginning of the fin; Caudal fin inclination. Brown to reddish brown on the sides of the body, silvery white on the abdomen; There are about 8 yellow-brown longitudinal bands on the side of the body, sometimes inconspicuous; On the side of the body there is a large black spot below the dorsal fin strip, and the black spot is 2/3 on the lateral line. above. The dorsal and caudal fins are reddish brown; The abdomen and fins are yellow.
Delicious meat quality is a high economic fish in the market. The general fishing method is mainly based on a fishing and flowing net, and occasionally a trawling net can be used to catch it. From July to November in shenzhen waters, the main fish species of the shore rock, boat fishing, fish row raft fishing, long-throw sinking bottom fishing method can be caught. I like to squat in the reef area during the fishing season, fishing water washed away the area, this fish eats fiercely, dead shrimp, small live shrimp, dead fish pieces are not abandoned, but with small live shrimp to eat the best, floating and Apo is often never returned. Braised or fried.
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