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Blue-Striped Snapper (S)

Species photo: Ewout Knoester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Saltwater Fish · Snappers

Blue-Striped Snapper (S)

Lutjanus kasmira

$80.00

A bright yellow snapper with four electric-blue stripes, offered here at small size.

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From our species guide

Care at a glance

  • Care levelModerate
  • Reef safeNo
  • TemperamentSemi-aggressiveEats small fish, shrimp and crabs
  • Temperature72–78 °F
  • Salinity1.020–1.025 SG
  • pH8.1–8.4
  • Min tank300 gallons
  • Favorite foods
    1. Silversides and krill
    2. Mysis shrimp
    3. Carnivore pellets
  • Max size15.7 in (40 cm)

In plain words: The bluestripe snapper is a bright yellow fish. It has four shiny blue stripes along each side, and its belly is white. It lives on coral reefs from the Red Sea and Africa to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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About the Blue-Striped Snapper (S)

The blue-striped snapper is a hardy, easy-feeding fish with a yellow body and four bright blue stripes along each side. This listing is a small fish, but adults can reach about 16 inches and are active swimmers that need a very large fish-only tank. Feed meaty foods such as silversides, krill and mysis. It eats small fish, shrimp and crabs, so keep it with tankmates too large to swallow.