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title: "Humpback Snapper"
description: "Lutjanus gibbus — Pesci. The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/humpback-snapper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Humpback Snapper

> Lutjanus gibbus — Pesci. The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae.

- Scientific name: *Lutjanus gibbus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1769
- Wikidata: [Q2557037](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2557037)
- iNaturalist taxon: [142704](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142704)

## Names

- en: Humpback Snapper
- de: Buckel-Schnapper
- es: Pargo jorobado rojo
- fr: Vivaneau-pagaie

## Countries with the most observations

MV (263), ID (242), PF (143), AU (93), FJ (74), PW (42), ZA (42), JP (27), NC (24), KE (22), TW (18), MH (17)

## Summary

The humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), the paddletail, paddletail snapper or hunchback snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought after as a game fish.  It is also a popular species for display in public aquaria.  It has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_red_snapper

## Photo

![Humpback Snapper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/humpback-snapper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265815294

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/humpback-snapper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).