Definition of Lutjanus blackfordi

1. Noun. An esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Red Snapper
Generic synonyms: Snapper
Group relationships: Genus Lutjanus, Lutjanus
Terms within: Red Snapper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lutjanus Blackfordi

Lutetia
Luther
Luther Burbank
Lutheran
Lutheran Church
Lutheranism
Lutheranist
Lutherans
Lutherism
Lutherist
Lutherists
Lutjanidae
Lutjanus
Lutjanus analis
Lutjanus apodus
Lutjanus blackfordi
Lutjanus griseus
Luton
Lutonian
Lutonians
Lutons
Lutra
Lutra canadensis
Lutra lutra
Lutrinae
Lutsk
Lutyens
Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease
Lutzen
Lutzomyia

Literary usage of Lutjanus blackfordi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... such, for example, was the red snapper, lutjanus blackfordi. In 1881 he was instrumental in founding the state fish hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor; ..."

2. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"Chief imong the prized fishes is the Huachinango (lutjanus blackfordi), a pecies of red-snapper very abundant off the coast. Brilliantly colored ishes ..."

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