SPECIES NAME: Lutjanus purpureus Poey, 1867

CAUDAL FIN:

Summary:

Caudal fin deeply emarginate, the upper lobe slightly longer that the lower.

Literature:

References to Lutjanus purpureus Poey, 1867: Allen 1985: Page 110 (text) - "...snout caudal fin deeply emarginate, the upper lobe slightly longer that the lower.

References to genus Lutjanus: Jordan and Evermann 1898: Page 1247 (as genus Neomaenis Girard, 1859) - "...caudal lunate or forked..." Allen 1985: Page 14 (key) - "Caudal fin truncate to emarginate or lunate (except moderately forked in Lutjanus gibbus, which has rounded lobes)..." Page 33 (text) - "...caudal fin truncate or emarginate, rarely forked."

References to subfamily Lutjaninae: Allen 1985: Reference to subfamily Lutjaninae: Page 3 (text) - "...these are slender to deep-bodied fishes with a truncate to deeply forked caudal fin..."

References to family Lutjanidae: Boschung et al. 1983: Page 603 (text) - "...the caudal fin varies from deeply forked to truncate." Eschmeyer and Herald 1983: Page 215 (text) - "Caudal fin square-cut to forked." Moyle and Cech 1988: Page 293 (text) - "The typical snapper is heavy bodied, with a continuous dorsal fin, slightly forked tail..." Masuda et al., ed. 1991: Page 166 (text) - "...posterior margin of caudal fin forked, sometimes concave..."