#2363 · 🐟 fish
Yellowtail Snapper
🇳🇱 Geelstaart ·Ocyurus chrysurus
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what is it?
The yellowtail snapper , Ocyurus chrysurus , is an abundant species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Although they have been found as far north as Massachusetts, their normal range is along Florida south to the West Indies and Brazil. This species is mostly found around coral reefs, but may be found in other habitats. They occur at depths of from near the surface to 180 metres...
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.
- 3,998 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1791 (235 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellowtail Snapper
- Nederlands
- Geelstaart
- scientific name
- Ocyurus chrysurus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Lutjanidae
- IUCN Red List
- DD · data deficient
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,998
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1791 by Marcus Elieser Bloch
IUCN in Dutch: onvoldoende gegevens. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lutjanidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47292, Wikidata Q928985, GBIF 2385282, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.