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Blue-Lined (Bluestripe) Snapper

Lutjanus kasmira
About the species

A bright yellow snapper striped with four electric-blue lines, famous for forming dense, photogenic schools. By day hundreds drift motionless beside coral heads and wreck structures. At night the school disperses to hunt small fish and crustaceans across the reef.


Where to see it

31 sites in the catalogue.

Dahab
Golden Blocks
ModerateYear-round
Dahab
The Islands
ModerateYear-round
El Gouna
Sachwa Abu Galawa
HighYear-round
El Quseir
Mangrove Bay
HighYear-round
Hamata
Abu Galawa Kebir (Tienstin Wreck)
HighYear-round
Hamata
Shaab Claudio
ModerateYear-round
Hamata
Sha'ab Sernaka
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Erg Somaya
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Excalibur Wreck
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Gota Abu Ramada (The Aquarium)
HighYear-round
Hurghada
Shabruhr Umm Gamar
ModerateYear-round
Hurghada
Small Giftun (Erg Giftun / Erg Gigi)
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Erg Samadai (Caves & Pinnacles)
ModerateYear-round
Marsa Alam
Hamada Wreck (Abu Ghusun)
HighYear-round
Marsa Alam
Samadai (Dolphin House)
ModerateYear-round
Nuweiba
MFO (Maagana)
ModerateYear-round
Safaga
Gamul Kebir
ModerateYear-round
Safaga
Sadana Island Wreck
HighYear-round
Safaga
Salem Express
ModerateYear-round
Safaga
Tobia Arba'a (Seven Pinnacles)
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Eel Garden (Ras Mohammed)
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
Near Garden
ModerateYear-round
Sharm El-Sheikh
The Temple
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Carnatic
HighYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Chrisoula K
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Dunraven (Beacon Rock)
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Kimon M
ModerateYear-round
Strait of Gubal
Ulysses
ModerateYear-round
Taba
Pharaoh's Island (Coral Island)
HighYear-round
Taba
The Aquarium
HighYear-round
The Brothers
Numidia Wreck
HighYear-round

Sighting history
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