Red Emperor Snapper

Lutjanus sebae. Quite an attractive and hardy snapper species as a juvenile, and the most common in the trade. Has a body that is basically white, with its head deeply sloped, and having several wide brown to red bands, one passing from the mouth to the top of the head, another mid body, a third angled forward on the dorsal to its base, then rearward across the body to the lower tail, and a fourth that crosses the upper aft of the tail fin. Adults are quite drab!