Description: color
silvery-pink to reddish with short, irregular pink and yellow lines on its
sides; diffuse black spot, about as large as the eye; the dorsal fin
centered above the lateral line; outer margin of caudal fin blackish.
Similar Fish: mutton
snapper, L. analis (anal fin rounded in lane snapper, pointed in
mutton).
Where found: juveniles
INSHORE over grass beds or shallow reefs; adults OFFSHORE; most common in
south Florida.
Size: usually less than 1
pound.
*Florida Record: 6 lbs.,
6 ozs.
Remarks: spawns March
through September; sexually mature at 6 inches; feeds on bottom, taking
crustaceans, mollusks, and fish.
* The Florida records
quoted are from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's
printed publication, Fishing
Lines and are not necessarily the most current ones. The records are
provided as only as a benchmark.
