[5] Lutjanus fulviflamma has a body which varies in shape from moderately deep to relatively slender with a standard length which is 2.5 to 2.9 times its depth, with a head which is not very steeply sloped.

[2] This snapper has a pale coloured body marked with 5-7 narrow yellow horizontal stripes of equal width on the flanks, the longest of these extends through the eye on to the snout.

[1] There is also a single record from the Mediterranean Sea, from Malta,[8] which had an eastern African origin as phylogenetic analysis showed.

[10] Lutjanus fulviflamma is a common target species for subsistence fisheries and frequently appears in fish markets, typically fresh.

In the Persian Gulf this species is particularly important in Abu Dhabi as part of the Emirates coastal demersal fishery and is taken utilising intertidal fence nets and dome shaped wire traps.