#2291 · 🐟 fish
Schoolmaster Snapper
🇳🇱 Berslag ·Lutjanus apodus
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- 1. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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- 6. © Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Robin White · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Jonathan Williams · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The schoolmaster snapper ( Lutjanus apodus ) is a colorful, subtropical fish found over coral reef areas along the coasts of Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean, though it can range northward along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 8 kg), though rare individuals can weigh 8 lb at 24 in long. It has a robust, slightly compressed body, with a pointed head. Its color varies...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,854 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Julius Walbaum in 1792 (234 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Schoolmaster Snapper
- Nederlands
- Berslag
- scientific name
- Lutjanus apodus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Lutjanidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,854
- GBIF records in NL
- 2
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1792 by Johann Julius Walbaum
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lutjanidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 81989, Wikidata Q2542507, GBIF 2384922, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.