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Definition of Mangrove snapper
1. Noun. Found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida.
Generic synonyms: Snapper
Group relationships: Genus Lutjanus, Lutjanus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mangrove Snapper
Literary usage of Mangrove snapper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"This fish has as yet been found only on the Gulf coasts of the United States,
where it is known as the "mangrove snapper. ... The mangrove snapper ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"It is generally known as the gray snapper, but in Florida and the Bahamas, where
the coasts are mangrove-lined, it is called the mangrove snapper; ..."
3. Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh, William A. Wilcox (1900)
"In Florida and the Bahamas, where the coasts are lined by mangrove bushes, among
which the young of this species abound, the name mangrove snapper comes ..."
4. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
""mangrove snapper." Illustration. 1'age. In nearly all respects same as Gray ...
Gardner and I tested the mangrove snapper fishing off the end of the pier ..."
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