SPECIES NAME: Lutjanus purpureus Poey, 1867

ANAL FIN:

Summary:

Anal fin pointed in specimens over 5 cm length, with 3 spines and 8 (rarely 9) soft rays. Middle rays produced, the longest almost half to greater than half the length of the head. Anterior rays never produced into filaments, and posterior rays not elongated.

Literature:

References to Lutjanus purpureus Poey, 1867: Allen 1985: Page 49 (key) - "...anal fin rounded or angulated..." Page 51 (key) - "Anal fin angulated in larger specimens, the middle rays produced, the longest almost half to greater than half the length of head (anal fin rounded in L. analis less than about 4 cm standard length, in L. campechanus and L. purpureus less than about 5 cm standard length, and in L. vivanus less than about 6 cm standard length)..." "...anal soft rays 7 to 9 (usually 8 or 9)" "Anal soft rays 8 (rarely 7 or 9)..." Page 110 (text) - "...anal fin pointed in specimens over 5 cm length, with 3 spines and 8 (rarely 9) soft rays..." Robins and Ray 1986: Page 171 (text) - Compared to Lutjanus campechanus, L. purpureus "..has fewer soft rays in anal fin (usually 8 instead of 9)...."

References to genus Lutjanus: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Page 1247 (as genus Neomaenis Girard, 1859) - "...soft rays of dorsal and anal scaly at base..." "...anal rays 7 to 9." Masuda et al., ed. 1991: Page 168 (text) - "...scale sheath of dorsal and anal fin moderately wide; number of fin rays, DX-XI, 12-14; A III, 8..." Allen 1985: Page 13 (key) - "Base of dorsal and anal fins, especially soft portions, with covering of scales" "...anterior portion of soft dorsal and anal fins not significantly taller than posterior part, the anterior fin rays never produced into elongate filaments..." Page 33 (text) - "...anal fin with 3 spines and 7 to 10 soft rays..." "...dorsal and anal fins scaled..."

References to subfamily Lutjaninae: Masuda et al., ed. 1991: Page 168 (text) - "...soft rays of dorsal and anal fins slightly covered with scales..." "...last soft rays of dorsal and anal fins not elongate..." Allen 1985: Page 3 (text) - "...scaly sheaths at the bases of the dorsal and anal fins..." "...without filamentous soft dorsal or anal rays."

References to family Lutjanidae: None recorded.