Red snapper! This well-known fish is highly prized among fishermen and seafood connoisseurs alike! Often you may hear “red” In front of the word snapper but within the snapper family Lutjanidae, there are over 100 species of fish! In Florida, multiple snapper species happen to be red in color, some of those fish include the vermillion snapper, silk snapper, queen snapper, blackfin snapper and wenchman snapper. There are also a variety of snapper than can be red-ish in appearance so make sure you’re properly identifying your fish before throwing them in the box.
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