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Taxon: Genus Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Eupercaria
                                                                                               Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 - surgeonfishes and relatives
                                                                                                 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
                                                                                                   Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861 - snappers & fusiliers
                                                                                                     Genus Lutjanus Bloch, 1790
                                                                                                       Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) - yellow-banded snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus agennes Bleeker, 1863 - African cubera snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus ambiguus (Poey, 1860) - ambiguous snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828) - mutton fish
                                                                                                       Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) - schoolmaster
                                                                                                       Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864) - mullet snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) - mangrove red snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869) - Amarillo snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) - Bengal snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus biguttatus (Valenciennes, 1830) - two-spot banded snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus bitaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1830) - Indonesian snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) - twospot snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus boutton (Lacépède, 1802) - Moluccan snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus buccanella Poey, 1868 - blackfin snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) - Pensacola red snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) - Spanish flag snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus coeruleolineatus (Rüppell, 1838) - blue line snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - Colorado snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828) - Cuban snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) - checkered snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus dentatus (Duméril, 1861) - brown snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker, 1854) - sunbeam snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869) - blackspot snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 - Guinea snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 - crimson snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830) - golden African snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)
                                                                                                       Lutjanus fulvus (Schneider) - blacktail snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830) - freshwater snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) - humpback snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus goldiei (Macleay, 1882) - Papuan black snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) - pink snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus griseus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - gray snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus guilcheri Fourmanoir, 1959 - yellowfin red snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869) - rose snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869) - golden snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - dog snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792) - John's snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus jordani (Gilbert, 1898) - red snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) - bluestriped snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes, 1828) - yellowstreaked snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797) - lunartail snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch, 1790 - bigeye snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831) - Indian snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828) - mahogany snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - Malabar snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus maxweberi (Popta, 1921) - pygmy snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus mizenkoi Allen & Talbot, 1985 - Samoan snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828) - onespot snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828) - bluestriped snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus novemfasciatus Gill, 1862 - Pacific cubera snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker, 1860)
                                                                                                       Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy, 1922) - Pacific red snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus purpureus Poey, 1876 - Caribbean red snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) - five lined snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) - blubberlip snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) - yellow-lined snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) - Russell's snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus sanguineus (Cuvier, 1828) - bloodred snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) - emperor snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - black-banded snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus stellatus Akazaki, 1983 - star snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus synagris (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - lane snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus timorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - Timor snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes, 1846) - blue-and-gold snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - brown stripe snapper
                                                                                                       Lutjanus vivanus Jordan, 1889 - silk snapper

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