Lane snapper

Lane snapper
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Lutjanidae
Genus:	Lutjanus
Species:	L. synagris
Binomial name
	Lutjanus synagris; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Sparus synagris Linnaeus, 1758; Sparus vermicularis Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801; Lutjanus aubrietii Desmarest, 1823; Mesoprion uninotatus G. Cuvier, 1828; Lutjanus brachypterus Cope, 1871; Neomaenis megalophthalmus Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900; Prionodes sanctiandrewsi Fowler, 1944;

The lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris), the Mexican snapper, redtail snapper or spot snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean.

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