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Lutjanus bengalensis  (Bloch, 1790)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 550923

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Diacope octovittata Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
  
    Holocentrus bengalensis Bloch, 1790
  
    Labrus octovittatus Lacepède, 1801
  
    Mesoprion pomacanthus Bleeker, 1855
  
  Common Name(s): Bengal snapper [English]
  
    Vivaneau du Bengale [French]
  
    Pargo de Bengala [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyLutjanidae Gill, 1861 – snappers, vivaneaux, fusiliers, pargos, huachinangos  
                                     SubfamilyLutjaninae Gill, 1861 – snappers, fusiliers  
                                        GenusLutjanus Bloch, 1790 – common snappers, Snappers, vivaneaux, pargos tropicales  
                                           SpeciesLutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) – Bengal snapper, Vivaneau du Bengale, Pargo de Bengala  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Lutjanus bengalensis   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 11-Jan-2023, website (version 11-Jan-23)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2023. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 11 Jan 2023   
  Reference for: Lutjanus bengalensis   
       
  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 27-Oct-2022, database (version 27-Oct-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Lutjanus bengalensis, Bengal snapper [English], Vivaneau du Bengale [French], Pargo de Bengala [Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Allen, G. R.  
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snappers of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Cataloque of Lutjanid Species Known to Date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 6   
  Page(s): vi + 208   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-102321-2   
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  Reference for: Lutjanus bengalensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Iwatsuki, Yukio, Juma M. Al-Mamry, and Phillip C. Heemstra  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Validity of a blue stripe snapper, Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, L. bengalensis (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4098, no. 3   
  Page(s): 511-528   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.5   
  Reference for: Lutjanus bengalensis, Bengal snapper [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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