bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira, (also known as the bluestripe sea perch) near lanai, hawaii
The bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira, (also known as the bluestripe sea perch) is a common species of marine fish of the snapper family Lutjanidae. The bluestripe snapper is one of the most widespread of the snappers, occupying a range from the Red Sea south to Madagascar and east to India, Asia, Indonesia, Australia and a number of Pacific Islands including Hawaii. The species is not native to Hawaii, having been introduced in the 1950s to be used as a food and sport fish; a plan that failed. Concerns have since been raised on the long term effects of this new species on the Hawaiian native species and the marine ecology in general, as the bluestripe snapper has spread throughout the islands, becoming abundant in numbers. The species is so named due to its distinctive colouration, which consists of a bright yellow body overlain by narrow horizontal electric blue stripes. The bluestripe snapper is primarily a reef dweller living in shallow coastal areas to reefs up to 265 m deep, consuming a range of fish, cephalopods and crustaceans. Often schooling while juveniles, the adults tend to be solitary and reach a maximum known length of 40 cm.
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