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The Dog Snapper belongs to the Lutjanidae family. With an average length of 60 cm, the adult snapper can reach a maximum length of 74 cm. The maximum known weight for this snapper is 9.1 kg. Sexual maturity is achieved at lengths of 30 to 40 cm. The maximum lifespan recorded was about 29 years. It breeds in March. It is fished in March, April, July, August, November and December.
This snapper has a relatively deep body, with long pectoral fins, an emarginated or slightly forked caudal fin, a rounded anal fin and a double dorsal fin. Dog snappers have an olive green top and back, sometimes with narrow, pale bars. The lower sides and belly are light red and coppery. There is a white triangular bar under the lower edge of the eyes. The pectoral, ventral, anal and distal fins of the dorsal and caudal fins are reddish, while the rest of the dorsal and caudal fins are olive green. The young have a horizontal blue line under the eye and through the operculum, which turns into a row of spots on adults.
The Dog snapper lifestyle
Dog snappers eat smaller fish and benthic invertebrates, including crabs, shrimp, gastropods and cephalopods.
Dog Snappers generally breed in March near Jamaica and the northeastern Caribbean, although they spawn to a lesser degree throughout their range. This snapper is similar to the other members of the Lutjanidae family in that its eggs and larvae are planktonic, dispersed by ocean currents. The larvae and their development are not well known. The post-larval stage eventually settles out of the plankton and into suitable habitat that provides some protection against predators. These juveniles are red / brown laterally and dorsally with yellow ventral fins. There may be an oblique eye band. Finally, juveniles move to coral reefs or rocky bottom habitats where they will live as adults.
The Dog Snapper habitat
The adult dog snapper is commonly found around coral reefs and rocky bottoms at a depth of 5 to 30 meters, while young can be seen in estuaries and are known to go near the coast and swim in rivers. The snapper is one of the only lutjanidae found in fresh waters. Dog Snappers are solitary and suspicious fish, preferring isolated areas of the reef.
The snapper is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Massachusetts to Brazil, although it is rare in northern Florida. This fish is also found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, near the rocks of Saint-Paul and Ascension Island.
The Dog Snapper Angling
Dog Snappers are mainly caught with hand lines, traps, gillnets, seines and spears.
