Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lutjanus jordani
huachinango, pargo colmillon, Jordan's Snapper, whipper snapper
Variable; gray to silver to reddish silver to marron. Maximum length is about 55cm
Habitat: Schooling species, congregating in protected lees of large boulders and recesses in cliffs
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Lutjanidae
Genus
Lutjanus
Species
jordani
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Neomaensis jordani Gilbert, 1898, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from southern Mexico to nothern Peru, and Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lutjanus jordani", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7770. Accessed 24 May 2025.