---
title: "Black-and-white Snapper"
description: "Macolor niger — Peixes. The black and white snapper (Macolor niger), the black and white seaperch or black snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-and-white-snapper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-and-white Snapper

> Macolor niger — Peixes. The black and white snapper (Macolor niger), the black and white seaperch or black snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae.

- Scientific name: *Macolor niger*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1410
- Wikidata: [Q2539280](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539280)
- iNaturalist taxon: [135280](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135280)

## Names

- en: Black-and-white Snapper
- de: Schwarzweiß-Schnapper
- es: Pargo domino
- fr: Vivaneau plate
- nl: Zwarte snapper

## Countries with the most observations

EG (179), ID (128), MV (71), FJ (58), PW (54), NC (44), KE (34), SC (28), TZ (28), VU (28), AU (25), MY (25)

## Summary

The black and white snapper (Macolor niger), the black and white seaperch or black snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Black-and-white Snapper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-and-white-snapper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244273391

## Machine access

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