Marine Life

Indian snapper, Madras snapper

Madharaasee mas

Lutjanus madras

It appears that Lutjanus madras is rather rare in the Maldives, as evidenced by a single specimen caught by trap in approximately 40 meters near K. Feydhoofinolhu. Additionally, it has been recorded from the Laccadives, but it is more commonly associated with continental margins than with oceanic islands.

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size: Common to 20 cm; max. 30 cm
color: Pale with narrow horizontal yellow lines. Head pinkish. Fins yellow, except pale pelvics.
order: Perciformes
family: Lutjanidae
image url: https://assets.explore.mv/fishes/lutjanus-madras.png
habitat and biology: This species is typically found inhabiting coral and rocky reefs at depths ranging from 5 to 90 meters.
distinctive characters: This species has a dorsal fin with 10 spines and usually 13 rays, an anal fin with 3 spines and 8 rays, a pectoral fin with 16 or 17 rays, a body depth of 2.6-3.1 in standard length, predorsal scales extending to the mid-interorbital level, a blunt flattened spine on the upper margin of the opercle above the main centrally located spine, and a total of 18-21 gill rakers on the first arch. Its caudal fin is truncate or slightly emarginate.