---
title: "Two-spot Red Snapper"
description: "Lutjanus bohar — Vissen. Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, red bass, twinspot snapper or bohar snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae, not to be confused with the unrelated Australian snapper."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/two-spot-red-snapper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Two-spot Red Snapper

> Lutjanus bohar — Vissen. Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, red bass, twinspot snapper or bohar snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae, not to be confused with the unrelated Australian snapper.

- Scientific name: *Lutjanus bohar*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2162
- Wikidata: [Q2704925](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2704925)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68030](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68030)

## Names

- en: Two-spot Red Snapper
- de: Doppelfleck-Schnapper
- es: Pargo de dos manchas
- fr: Vivaneau Chien rouge
- pl: Lucjan bohar

## Countries with the most observations

ID (209), EG (181), AU (148), MV (148), FJ (94), UM (56), PF (49), NC (28), VU (25), MP (23), MH (21), PW (21)

## Summary

Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, red bass, twinspot snapper or bohar snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae, not to be confused with the unrelated Australian snapper. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

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

## Photo

![Two-spot Red Snapper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/two-spot-red-snapper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298159021

## Machine access

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