LUTJANUS BOHAR - (FABRICIUS, 1775)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Acanthuriformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjaninae (Subfamily) > Lutjanus (Genus)
Lutjan rouge, Lutjan rouge à deux taches, Vara Vara, Vivaneau chien rouge, Bohar snapper, Kelp bream, Kelp sea perch, Red bass, Red sea bass, Red snapper, Twinspot red snapper, Twinspot snapper, Two spot red snapper, Two-spot banded-snapper, Two-spot red snapper, Twospot red snapper, Twospot snapper, Tweekol-snapper, Dobbeltplettet snapper, Doppel-Schnapper, Doppelfleck-Schnapper, Zweifleckenschnapper, Bara-fuedai, Lucjan bohar, Lucjan dwuplamy, Pargo de manchas, Pargo de dos manchas, Bara-fuedai, バラフエダイ, 双斑笛鲷, 雙斑笛鯛, عصموديّ كلب أحمر,
Synonymes
Diacope labuan (Montrouzier, 1857)
Diacope quadriguttata (Cuvier, 1828)
Lutianus bobar (Fabricius, 1775)
Lutianus bohar (Fabricius, 1775)
Lutianus nukuhivae (Seale, 1906)
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
Lutjanus coatesi (Whitley, 1934)
Lutjanus rangus (Cuvier, 1828)
Mesoprion rangus (Cuvier, 1828)
Mesoprion rubens (MacLeay, 1882)
Sciaena bohar (Fabricius, 1775)
Sparus cynodon (Bloch, 1791)
Sparus lepisurus (Lacepède, 1802)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Pectoral fin rays: 16-17; Lateral line scales: 48-51; Gill rakers (total) on first arch: 22-23. Body moderately deep; Snout somewhat pointed. Dorsal profile of head rounded. Preorbital bone relatively broad; Its width usually greater than eye diameter. A deep groove or pit runs from the nostrils to the front of the eye. Preopercular notch and knob moderately developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line; Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Max. length: 90.0 cm TL, common length: 76.0 cm SL. Max. published weight: 12.5 kg. Depth range: 4 - 180 m.
Color
Small juveniles are brownish with two silvery-white spots on back.
Large adult reddish with darker fin, a deep groove or pit running from the nostrils to the front of the eye, and the scale rows on the back rising obliquely above lateral line.
Etymology
Lutjanus: from Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
Bohar: Bohár (also spelled Bhâr), Arabic name for this species along the Red Sea.
Original description: Sciaena bohar Fabricius (ex Forsskål), 1775 - Type locality: no locality stated (Red Sea).
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), east to Kiribati (Line Islands) and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Cape Moreton (Queensland, Australia), Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Austral Islands.
Biology
Adults inhabit coral reefs, including sheltered lagoons and outer reefs. Usually found singly, often adjacent to steep outer reef slopes, but occasionally found in groups. Feed mainly on fishes, but also take shrimps, crabs, amphipods, stomatopods, gastropods and urochordates. Large fish from oceanic areas in the western Pacific are often ciguatoxic. They mimic damselfishes of the genus Chromis or Pycnochromis, allowing the young to approach potential prey. Utilized fresh and dried-salted. A very long-lived, slow growing species that does not become reproductively mature until 8-9 years of age. Males and females form large spawning aggregations. Otolith aging studies from fish collected at Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, found that individuals may live to at least 79 years of age.
Lutjan rouge, Lutjan rouge à deux taches, Vara Vara, Vivaneau chien rouge, Bohar snapper, Kelp bream, Kelp sea perch, Red bass, Red sea bass, Red snapper, Twinspot red snapper, Twinspot snapper, Two spot red snapper, Two-spot banded-snapper, Two-spot red snapper, Twospot red snapper, Twospot snapper, Tweekol-snapper, Dobbeltplettet snapper, Doppel-Schnapper, Doppelfleck-Schnapper, Zweifleckenschnapper, Bara-fuedai, Lucjan bohar, Lucjan dwuplamy, Pargo de manchas, Pargo de dos manchas, Bara-fuedai, バラフエダイ, 双斑笛鲷, 雙斑笛鯛, عصموديّ كلب أحمر,
Synonymes
Diacope labuan (Montrouzier, 1857)
Diacope quadriguttata (Cuvier, 1828)
Lutianus bobar (Fabricius, 1775)
Lutianus bohar (Fabricius, 1775)
Lutianus nukuhivae (Seale, 1906)
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
Lutjanus coatesi (Whitley, 1934)
Lutjanus rangus (Cuvier, 1828)
Mesoprion rangus (Cuvier, 1828)
Mesoprion rubens (MacLeay, 1882)
Sciaena bohar (Fabricius, 1775)
Sparus cynodon (Bloch, 1791)
Sparus lepisurus (Lacepède, 1802)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Pectoral fin rays: 16-17; Lateral line scales: 48-51; Gill rakers (total) on first arch: 22-23. Body moderately deep; Snout somewhat pointed. Dorsal profile of head rounded. Preorbital bone relatively broad; Its width usually greater than eye diameter. A deep groove or pit runs from the nostrils to the front of the eye. Preopercular notch and knob moderately developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line; Caudal fin slightly emarginate. Max. length: 90.0 cm TL, common length: 76.0 cm SL. Max. published weight: 12.5 kg. Depth range: 4 - 180 m.
Color
Small juveniles are brownish with two silvery-white spots on back.
Large adult reddish with darker fin, a deep groove or pit running from the nostrils to the front of the eye, and the scale rows on the back rising obliquely above lateral line.
Etymology
Lutjanus: from Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
Bohar: Bohár (also spelled Bhâr), Arabic name for this species along the Red Sea.
Original description: Sciaena bohar Fabricius (ex Forsskål), 1775 - Type locality: no locality stated (Red Sea).
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), east to Kiribati (Line Islands) and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Cape Moreton (Queensland, Australia), Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Austral Islands.
Biology
Adults inhabit coral reefs, including sheltered lagoons and outer reefs. Usually found singly, often adjacent to steep outer reef slopes, but occasionally found in groups. Feed mainly on fishes, but also take shrimps, crabs, amphipods, stomatopods, gastropods and urochordates. Large fish from oceanic areas in the western Pacific are often ciguatoxic. They mimic damselfishes of the genus Chromis or Pycnochromis, allowing the young to approach potential prey. Utilized fresh and dried-salted. A very long-lived, slow growing species that does not become reproductively mature until 8-9 years of age. Males and females form large spawning aggregations. Otolith aging studies from fish collected at Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, found that individuals may live to at least 79 years of age.
Similar species
Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan & Seale, 1906) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here). Lutjanus bohar juvenile can mimick Chromis.
Last update: 23, March 2023