The Snapper - Animals

Animals

• Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers
  • Red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, a fish found in the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States and, much less commonly, northward as far as Massachusetts
• Many other fishes from other families including
  • Australasian snapper, Pagrus auratus, also known as squirefish
  • Eastern nannygai, also known as red snapper, Centroberyx affinis
  • Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), of which the smallest are often known as "snappers"
• Chelydridae, a family of freshwater turtles of which both extant species are known as snapping turtles, informally shortened to "snapper":
  • Common Snapping Turtle
  • Alligator Snapping Turtle
• Sistrurus catenatus, also known as black snapper, a venomous pit viper