Lutjanus colorado
Colorado snapper
Conservation status
Least concern.
Categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List:

Fun facts
Its fertilized eggs are pelagic, spherical, transparent, and with one sole drop of oil.
The quantity and diversity of the Colorado Snapper´s prey increase in the Summer.
General aspects
Elongated, dark red body that gradually turns pink towards its underside; its fins are dark red.
Adults live in coastal reef zones on hard seabeds.
Its diet consists in invertebrates and fish.