Dry Tortugas Fish Identification
Vermilion Snapper
Family Lutjanidae, SNAPPERS
Rhomboplites aurorubens
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Description: color of entire body reddish, with a series of short, irregular lines on its sides, diagonal blue lines formed by spots on the scales above the lateral line; sometimes with yellow streaks below the lateral line; large canine teeth absent; orientation of mouth and eye give it the appearance of looking upward; no dark lateral spot.
Similar Fish: red snapper, L. campechanus (anal fin of red snapper has midpoint like a triangle).
Found in Dry Tortugas: over rocky reefs and ledges.
Size: usually less than 1 pound.
Florida Record: n/a.