Lutjanus johnii

Lutjanus johnii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Lutjanus
Species:
L. johnii
Binomial name
Lutjanus johnii
(Bloch, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Anthias johnii Bloch, 1792
  • Sparus tranquebaricus Shaw, 1803
  • Coius catus Hamilton, 1822
  • Mesoprion yapilli Cuvier, 1828
  • Diacope xanthozona Kuhl, 1828
  • Serranus pavoninus Valenciennes, 1831

Lutjanus johnii, the Golden snapper, John’s snapper, big-scaled bream, fingermark bream, fingerbanger, fingermark seaperch, John's sea-perch, or spotted-scale sea perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.