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title: "Mutton Snapper"
description: "Lutjanus analis — Ryby. The mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mutton-snapper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mutton Snapper

> Lutjanus analis — Ryby. The mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae.

- Scientific name: *Lutjanus analis*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1576
- Wikidata: [Q2692345](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2692345)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104853](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104853)

## Names

- en: Mutton Snapper
- de: Hammelschnapper
- es: Pargo criollo
- fr: Pagre-vivaneau

## Countries with the most observations

US (419), MX (234), KY (174), BS (109), HN (105), BZ (66), GP (46), VI (44), MQ (35), CU (33), PR (24), BR (18)

## Summary

The mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327987647

## Machine access

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