Snappers - Family: Lutjanidae
Subfamily: Apsilinae
Yellow-back Flase Fusilier - Paracaesia xanthurus
Subfamily: Etelinae
Small-tooth Jobfish - Aphareus furca
Rusty Jobfish - Aphareus rutilaris
Green Jobfish - Aprion virescens
Flame Snapper - Etelis coruscans
Ornate Snapper - Pristopomoides argyrogrammicus
Gold-flag Snapper - Pristopomoides auricilla (possible occurrence)
Rosy Snapper - Pristopomoides filamentosus
Gold-band Snapper - Pristopomoides multidens
Lavender Snapper - Pristopomoides sieboldi
Sharp-tooth Snapper - Pristopomoides typus
Subfamily: Lutjaninae
Scissor-tailed Fusilier - Caesio caerulauria
Yellow-tail Fusilier - Caesio cuning
Blue-and-yellow Fusilier - Caesio teres
Mottled Fusilier - Dipterygonotus balteatus
Hussar - Lutjanus adetti
Mangrove Jack - Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Two-spot Red Snapper - Lutjanus bohar
Stripey Snapper - Lutjanus carponotatus
Black-spot Snapper - Lutjanus fulviflamma
Black-tail Snapper - Lutjanus fulvus
Paddletail - Lutjanus gibbus
Blue-striped Snapper - Lutjanus kasmira
Bigeye Snapper - Lutjanus lutjanus
Saddletail Snapper - Lutjanus malabaricus
Five-line Snapper - Lutjanus quinquelineatus
Maori Snapper - Lutjanus rivulatus
Moses' Snapper - Lutjanus russellii
Red Emperor Snapper - Lutjanus sebae
Brown-stripe Snapper - Lutjanus vitta
Black-and-white Snapper - Macolaris niger
Pinjalo sp.
Yellow-band Fusilier - Pterocaesio chrysozona (likely occurrence)
Double-band Fusilier - Pterocaesio digramma
Neon Fusilier - Pterocaesio tile
Three-stripe Fusilier - Pterocaesio trilineata
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Acanthuriformes (Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes and Allies)
> Family: Lutjanidae (Snappers)
> Subfamily: Apsilinae
> Genus: Paracaesio
> Species: P. xanthurus - Yellow-back False Fusilier
> Subfamily: Etelinae
> Genus: Aphareus
> Species: A. furca - Small-tooth Jobfish
> Species: A. rutilans - Rusty Jobfish
> Genus: Aprion
> Species: A. virescens - Green jobfish
> Genus: Etelis
> Species: E. coruscans - Flame Snapper
> Genus: Pristopomoides
> Species: P. argyrogrammicus - Ornate Snapper
> Species: P. auricilla - Gold-flag Snapper ^
> Species: P. filamentosus - Rosy Snapper
> Species: P. multidens - Gold-band Snapper
> Species: P. sieboldi - Lavender Snapper
> Species: P. typus - Sharp-tooth Snapper
> Subfamily: Lutjaninae (Fusiliers)
> Genus: Caesio
> Species: C. cearulauria - Scissor-tailed Fusilier
> Species: C. cuning - Yellow-tail Fusilier
> Species: C. teres - Blue-and-yellow Fusilier
> Genus: Dipterygonotus
> Species: D. balteatus - Mottled Fusilier
> Genus: Lutjanus (Common Snappers)
> Species: L. adetti - Hussar
> Species: L. argentimaculatus - Mangrove Jack
> Species: L. bohar - Two-spot Red Snapper
> Species: L. carponotatus - Stripey Snapper
> Species: L. fulviflamma - Black-spot Snapper
> Species: L. fulvus - Black-tail Snapper
> Species: L. gibbus - Paddletail
> Species: L. kasmira - Blue-striped Snapper
> Species: L. lutjanus - Bigeye Snapper
> Species: L. malabaricus - Saddletail Snapper
> Species: L. quinquelineatus - Five-line Snapper
> Species: L. rivulatus - Maori Snapper
> Species: L. russellii - Moses' Snapper
> Species: L. sebae - Red Emperor Snapper
> Species: L. vitta - Brown-stripe Snapper
> Genus: Macolaris
> Species: M. niger - Black-and-white Snapper
> Genus: Pinjalo
> Species: ?
> Genus: Pterocaesio
> Species: P. chrysozona - Yellow-band Fusilier *
> Species: P. digramma - Double-band Fusilier
> Species: P. tile - Neon Fusilier
> Species: P. trilineata - Three-stripe Fusilier
^ = possibly
* = likely
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