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Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskl, 1775)
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40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4883))
- Bykov, V.P. 1983 Marine Fishes: Chemical composition and processing properties. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 322 p. (Ref. 4883)
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"First maturity is observed in both male and female fish of size 17cm. About 50% maturity was observed in females of size 20cm. Most Blue-stripe snappers reach full maturity at a size of about 20-25cm. When it is time to mate, they sometimes dance in circles with their partners towards the surface of the water. Spawning occurs almost throughout the year in lower lattitudes with peak spawning activity reported in November-March in the Andaman sea. The fecundity of L. kasmira varies from 42,100 to 332,620. Eggs measure from 0.78 to 0.85 mm in diameter. They are bouyant (pelagic), spherical, smooth and transparent. They hatch in 18hr when temperatures reach 22 to 25°C. Before hatching, melanophores are seen along the dorsal side and on the postero-ventral part of the embryonal body."
Inhabits coral reefs, occurring in both shallow lagoons and on outer reef slopes. Frequently found in large aggregations around coral formation, caves or wrecks during the day. Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs, stomatopods, cephalopods, and planktonic crustaceans. Also takes a variety of algae (Ref. 4821).
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2014). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 10 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Description: Dorsal profile of head steeply sloped. Preorbital width usually greater than eye diameter, but sometimes less in small specimens. Preopercular notch and knob well developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally bright yellow on upper two-thirds of the side and white ventrally, with a series of four lateral blue stripes. The fins are also bright yellow (Ref. 55). Body depth 2.4-2.8 in SL (Ref. 90102).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 13
Specimens with Barcodes: 24
Species With Barcodes: 1
"Longitudinal rows of scales above lateral line appear to rise obliquely to dorsal profile, thode in front of and below anterior part of spinous dorsal fin sometimes parallel to lateral line. Scales on head beginning above middle of eyes or nearly so, temporal region scaly. Pre-opercular notch well developed and deep. Vomerine teeth in a triangular or inverted V-shaped patch. Longitudinal bands present on body. Body yellow or golden, with longitudinal light blue bands, bordered by brown lines. - (From Talwar and Kacker, 1984)"
"Not evaluated. Fish species show moderate vulnerability (40 of 100), and medium resilience with minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years."
During the day, bluestripe snappers can be spotted swimming near the edges of the reef. At night they move away from the reef and look for food in soft, sandy areas. When they’re young, bluestripe snappers live in seagrass beds which keep them hidden from bigger fish that want to eat them.
- Encyclopedia of Life. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.eol.org, version (08/2009).
- Discover Life. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.discoverlife.org, version (08/2009).
- Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (07/2009).
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Known from seamounts and knolls
- Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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