Snapper can also refer to the Snapping turtle.

The Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fishes, mainly marine but with some members living in estuaries, and entering fresh water to feed. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. Genera See text Snapping turtles (or snappers) are large, New World freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae. ... Families many, see text The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ... For the electronic music group, see Red Snapper. ...

Snappers are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all the oceans. They can grow to about a metre in length. Most feed on crustaceans or other fish, though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but mostly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish. They live at depths of up to 450m. Classes Branchiopoda Cephalocarida Malacostraca Maxillopoda Ostracoda Remipedia The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... Aquarium is also the name of the Russian band, which is also spelled Akvarium A 335,000 gallon (1. ...

About 100 species of snapper are currently recognised, divided into about 16 genera. A very large number of fish species have "snapper" in their common name; most but not all of these are members of the family Lutjanidae. Almost all the 60 or so species in the genus Lutjanus have common names including the word "snapper". In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ...

The fish known as "Snapper" in New Zealand and Australia is Pagrus (Chrysophrys) auratus, a member of the family Sparidae of porgies and sea breams. The fish known as "Red Snapper" in New Zealand is Centroberyx affinis of the family Berycidae. Genera Archosargus - Sheepshead porgies Argyrozona Boops Calamus Chrysophrys Dentex Diplodus - Spottail porgies Lagodon - Pinfishes Lithognathus Mylio Oblada Pagellus Pagrus Puntazzo Sarpa Sparus Spondyliosoma Stenotomus The Sparidae is a family of fish, included in the order Perciformes. ...

References

• Paulin, Chris D. "Pagrus auratus, a new combination for the species known as "snapper" in Australasian waters (Pisces: Sparidae)". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1990, 24:259-265. http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjmfr/1990/26.php