Vermilion snapper can reach lengths up to 24 inches, feeding on small animals found high in the water column. Multiple spawning is characteristic of the species, taking place from April to September. In some areas, the species is replaced by its close relative, the yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus, which occupies the same type of habitat. All vermilion snapper are mature at 2 years of age and 7.9" total length. The preferred habitat is irregular reeflike bottom in waters ranging in depth from 80-350 feet. The vermilion snapper is found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic from Cape Hatteras to southeastern Brazil, including Bermuda, the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. The caudal fin is red, but has a faint black margin. The dorsal fin is rosy colored with a yellow margin. Narrow yellow-gold streaks, some horizontal and others oblique, occur below the lateral line. Vermilion snapper have streamlined bodies, are pale to silver white below and vermilion above. The vermilion snapper is often sold as red snapper.
The vermilion snapper is an abundant species of fish found along the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Bermuda and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Vermilion, vermillion, beliner, beeliner, mingos, mingo, vermillion, savonetje, chub-head snapper, plump head, sabernechi, b-liner, bliner, beeliner, plumhead, piram, bastard snapper, mingo snapper, golden-red snapper, ti-deux yeux The long awaited return of our mobie app is back on Apple App Store and Google Play Vermilion Snapper Species Information Scientific Name:
VERMILION SNAPPER ANDROID
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