Photo: Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 60 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reef slopes
The Maori snapper has a big head, a thick lip and blue lines that extend below the eye. It frequents reefs and seagrass beds.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called haputu. Its massive look sets it apart from other snappers.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Perche maori.
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