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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus:Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish; arakan:Named after the historical Arakan coast along the eastern Bay of Bengal, where it is currently known; noun in apposition.
Taxonomic Remarks Previously misidentified as Lutjanus lemniscatus (non Valenciennes, 1828) and Lutjanus guilcheri (non Fourmanoir, 1959).
पर्यावरण: पर्यावरण / जलवायु क्षेत्र / गहराई सीमा / वितरण सीमा पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; गहराई सीमा 3 - 20 m (Ref. 138536). Tropical
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 36.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 138536); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 1.5 kg (Ref. 138536)
संक्षिप्त वर्णन पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 10; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 13 - 14; गुदा कांटा: 3; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 8. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D X, 14 (13-14); A III, 8; body depth 2.4-2.8 in SL; eye 3.7-4.8 in HL; interorbital 5.6-7.4 in HL; scale rows above lateral line rising obliquely toward dorsal profile; predorsal scales extend forward to middle of interorbital; preopercular notch and interopercular knob are weakly developed; vomer with narrow, crescentic, V-shaped patch of granular teeth without a medial posterior extension; caudal fin slightly emarginate. Colouration when fresh or in life reddish brown, grey-brown, or olive-brown on head, back, and upper sides; the lower sides and belly reddish brown or silvery pink in adults and brownish white in juveniles; dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins are reddish brown, with a black spot at base of uppermost pectoral-fin rays; two dark-brown stripes on the upper half of lateral body, first from upper end of operculum to posterior end of soft-dorsal-fin base, continuing to upper caudal-fin base and the second stripe from behind upper middle operculum straight to mid-base of caudal fin, preceded by a squarish dark blotch on upper operculum (Ref. 138536). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits coral-associated rocky reefs, mostly at about 3-20 m depth from where it is mostly fished. Juveniles often found in shallower waters, in less than 5 m. It is not known to occur in estuarine areas or in soft bottom trawling grounds. This species is the most frequently caught snapper (lutjanid), regularly seen in hand-line catches and occasionally in bottom-set gill net catches around Zinjira Island, Bangladesh. Associated species in catches are Lutjanus indicus, L. johnii, L. lunulatus, Lethrinus sp., Paranibea semiluctuosa, and Pomadasys guoraca, among others (Ref. 138536).
जीवन चक्र और संभोग व्यवहार परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | उपजाऊपन | लार्वा
Hasan, M.E., J.-D. Durand and Y. Iwatsuki, 2025. Lutjanus arakan, a new species of snapper (Teleostei:
Lutjanidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, previously confused with L. lemniscatus. J. Ocean Sci. Found., 45:7-35. (Ref. 138536)
आईयूसीएन रेड लिस्ट स्थिति (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
