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Yellowtail Snapper

Ocyurus chrysurus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Puerto Rico.January 7, February 4, March 5, April 4, May 2, June 1, July 2, August 0, September 4, October 0, November 1, December 7.
United States53,892
Puerto Rico37
Mexico32
Quintana Roo30
United States Virgin Islands24
Texas14
North Carolina6
Kansas5
Alabama4
Mississippi4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilySnappers · Lutjanidae
GenusOcyurus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yellowtail Snapper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.