see text Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water.

Snappers inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans.

[2] Most are active carnivores, feeding on crustaceans or other fish,[3] though a few are plankton-feeders.

They can be kept in aquaria, but mostly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish.

[4] Gibola Lutjanidae is subdivided into four subfamilies and 17 genera with around 110 species, as follows:[5][6][1] Some authorities classify the Caesionidae, the fusiliers, within the Lutjanidae as a fifth subfamily but the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World retains this grouping as a distinct family pending more work being conducted on its relationships.