Glasseye Snapper

Silvery pink, mottled red or solid red in color; median fins with faint dark dots. Pelvic fins dusky or pale and without distinct spots (Ref. 4328). Section of preopercle behind canal striated and without scales (Ref. 26938).Description: Characterized by the following: well developed preopercular spine, reaching nearly to posterior tip of subopercle; nearly symmetrical anterior profile; rounded caudal fin (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 13 - 14

Benthic species which occurs in the continental shelf. Usually insular and not continental (Ref. 7300). Feeds on planktonic and benthic organisms (Ref. 33, 26338).

Common in lagoon and seaward reefs, primarily around islands. Under or near ledges by day (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Juvenile pelagic (Ref. 9335). Nocturnal (Ref. 5213), feeding mainly on octopi, pelagic shrimp, stomatopods, crabs, small fish, and polychaetes. Solitary (Ref. 5213). During the day usually occurs singly or in small groups but at dusk it may gather in large numbers (Ref. 37816). Known to produce sound. Marketed fresh (Ref. 3800). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.

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