Morphology of red snapper
Red snapper is about 8 ~ 20 cm long. The body is slender, slightly flat and nearly cylindrical. The head is tall and large, nearly rectangular, and the back and sides are covered with bone plates. The dorsal cervical spine is long and extends beyond the starting point of dorsal fin. The nose and mouth are long, inclined forward, the center of the nose and mouth is concave, and the nose and mouth are round or nearly triangular, often with short tips. The lateral position of the eyes. Big mouth, front and back position. There are many combs in the quilt, with scales of 50 ~ 70 from the lateral line. 2 dorsal fins, separated, the first dorsal fin has 8 ~ 9 fins; The base length of the second dorsal fin and gluteal fin is isomorphic and opposite. The pectoral fin is wide and there are three finger-like free fins below it.