NOUN | animal | Lutjanus blackfordi, red snapper | an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body |
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Meaning | An esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico. | |
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Synonym | red snapper | |
Member of | Lutjanus, genus Lutjanus | type genus of the Lutjanidae |
Parts | red snapper | Highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico |
Broader | snapper | Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters |
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