Author: (Fabricius, 1775)
FBname: Two-spot red snapper
Comments: Adults inhabit coral reefs, including sheltered lagoons and outer reefs (Ref. 30573).  Usually found singly, often adjacent to steep outer reef slopes, but occasionally found in groups (Ref. 9710).  Feeds 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, e.g., in Tuvalu (Ref. 9513).  Caught mainly with handlines and bottom longlines (Ref. 9821). Utilized fresh and dried-salted (Ref. 9987). Juveniles mimic <i>Chromis</i> damselfishes (Ref. 90102).  Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.