freshwater red snapper?

[mercury904]

I saw this in one of the biggest LFS here in my place,and I can see that it looks healthy it is like 3inch in size....could this be a different type of snapper?

 

[M|L]

does it look like this?

 

[SimonL]

Lutjanus argentimaculatus?

 

[mercury904]

does it look like this?

yes it looked like that! can it live in freshwater for long?

 

[krichardson]

They can and they are fierce carnivores,grow to about afoot in length,the bigger they grow the more you can see their teeth,very nasty fish,I miss mine.The stores in my area falsely call them Redfin Datnoides but they are better known as Mangrove Jack.I have always seen them come in small and sell for 10 to 20 USD.

 

[SimonL]

They can and they are fierce carnivores,grow to about afoot in length,the bigger they grow the more you can see their teeth,very nasty fish,

The mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) grows to 4 feet long.

 

[Onion01]

i think fish room plus had mangrove jack for sale before. you can ask him

 

[lilfats2]

adult pics? pm me if you have any

 

[mercury904]

already bought one hehehe

 

[Cammo X]

jacks are mad fish! and dont grow 1ft long, as simon said 4ft long. They also hang about on reefs in the ocean thats where you find the big ones!

Cammo X