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Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, 1829)

Vermilion snapper
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Bastard snapper, Mingo snapper, Vermilion snapper
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Present inshore south of Cape Hatteras (Ref. 37512). Abundant off eastern Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas (Ref. 55). Also Ref. 26340.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Rhomboplites: Greek, rhombos = paralelogram + Greek, hoplon, hoplites = with a shield (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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


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