"with the sauce until tender. Capers and raisins may also be used. If red snapper is not available, another type of rockfish may be substituted. The dish is traditionally served with small roasted potatoes and Mexican-style white rice. Huachinango a la Veracruzana Huachinango a la Veracruzana (Veracruz-Style Red Snapper) is a classic fish dish from Veracruz, Mexico. It has been called the signature dish of the state of Veracruz. It combines ingredients and cooking methods from Spain and from pre-colonial Mexico. The use of olives and capers give something of a Mediterranean flavor to the dish, and shows the Spanish"
"Lutjanidae Snappers are a family of perciform fish, Lutjanidae, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water. The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. Snappers inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans. Some snappers grow up to about in length however one specific Snapper, the Cubera Snapper, grows up to 5 ft in length. Most are active carnivores, feeding on crustaceans or other fish, though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but mostly grow too fast to be"
"species for display in public aquaria. It has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning. This species has been described under several names that are now agreed to as junior synonyms: Humpback red snapper The humpback red snapper or paddletail snapper, ""Lutjanus gibbus"", is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean from the coast of Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific Ocean. It is mostly an inhabitant of coral reefs at depths of from , with the juveniles being found in beds of seagrass or on sheltered coral reefs and subadults and adults found on sloping"
"Red-naped sapsucker The red-naped sapsucker (""Sphyrapicus nuchalis"") is a medium-sized North American woodpecker. Long thought to be a subspecies of the yellow-bellied sapsucker, it is now known to be a distinct species. The red-naped sapsucker is one of four North American woodpeckers in the genus ""Sphyrapicus"". It has no subspecies. First described by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858, it was initially thought to be a subspecies of the yellow-bellied sapsucker. However, there are significant genetic differences between this species and the yellow-bellied sapsucker, and the American Ornithologists' Union recognized it as a distinct species in the seventh edition of its"
"Mangrove red snapper The mangrove red snapper (""Lutjanus argentimaculatus""), commonly called mangrove jack within Australia, is a species of snapper. It is also known as creek red bream, the Stuart evader, dog bream, mangrove red snapper, purple sea perch, purple sea-perch, red bass, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi. The mangrove red snapper is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from the African coast to Samoa and the Line Islands and from the Ryukyus in the north to Australia in the south. It has also been recorded from the coast"
"Lutjanus bohar Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, is a species of snappers belonging to the Lutjanidae family. It is also known as the red bass, twinspot snapper or Bohar snapper. The two-spot red snapper can reach a length of , though most do not exceed . The greatest recorded weight for this species is . These large reddish tropical snappers show darker fins, a rounded profile of head and a groove running from the nostrils to the eyes. They have 10 dorsal spines and 3 anal spines. Juveniles and some adults have two silvery-white spots (hence the common name)"
"snapper was about 1.5 million. From 1991 to 2005, the catch was substantially higher, varying from year to year from 2.5 to 4.0 million. When northern red snapper bite on a line, they tend to be nibblers and pickers, and a soft touch is needed when trying to catch them. Because the older red snapper like structure, anglers use bottom fishing over reefs, wrecks, and oil rigs, and use line and supplies in the 50-lb class. Since the anglers have to both choose the right bait and present it correctly, they tend to use multiple hooked baits. Favorite baits include"
"Red forest duiker The red forest duiker, Natal duiker, or Natal red duiker (""Cephalophus natalensis"") is a small antelope found in central to southern Africa. It is one of 22 extant species form the subfamily Cephalophinae. While the red forest duiker is very similar to the common duiker, it is smaller in size and has a distinguishing reddish coloring. Additionally, the red forest duiker favors a denser bush habitat than the common duiker. The Natal red duiker is more diurnal and less secretive than most forest duikers, so therefore it is easier for them to be observed. In 1999, red"
"be beneficial to them since buoyancy would endanger their survival. The red salamander is further classified as a member of the genus ""Pseudotriton"". Members of this genus include only the red salamander and the mud salamander. The four subspecies of ""P. ruber"" are found across the eastern United States, occupying streams through open areas such as fields and meadows, as well as aquatic areas through forested areas and mountains. Each subspecies is similar in appearance with slight differences in size and coloration, but are found in different habitats. The northern red salamander, ""P. r. ruber"", is characterized as being red"
"Vermilion snapper The vermilion snapper or beeliner (""Rhomboplites aurorubens"") is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Bermuda including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Brazil. This species inhabits waters from (though rarer deeper than ) where they can be found in large schools over substrates of sand, gravel, or rock. This species can reach a length of , though most are around . The greatest recorded weight for this species is . It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. The vermilion snapper is often sold as red"
"Red whip snake The red whip snake or collared dwarf racer (""Platyceps collaris"") is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. Native to the Middle East, its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens. The red whip snake is a slender, long-tailed snake that grows to a length of in Europe but up to in the eastern part of its range in Asia. It closely resembles Dahl's whip snake but differs in having a smaller, flatter head. The upper surface is reddish-brown or reddish grey, with a dark band with pale"
"Red salamander The red salamander (""Pseudotriton ruber"") is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the Eastern United States. Its skin is orange/red with random black spots. Its habitats are temperate forests, small creeks, ponds, forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater, trees springs. Overall this species is common and widespread, but locally it has declined because of habitat loss and it is considered threatened in Indiana. Red salamanders eat insects, earthworms, spiders, small crustaceans, snails and smaller salamanders. The red salamander, as a member of the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders), lacks lungs and respires through its"
"salamander prefers streams that are relatively pure, it is important to monitor human waste and pollution, since debris and silt could have adverse effects on their habitat, potentially causing a threat to survival. Red salamander The red salamander (""Pseudotriton ruber"") is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae endemic to the Eastern United States. Its skin is orange/red with random black spots. Its habitats are temperate forests, small creeks, ponds, forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater, trees springs. Overall this species is common and widespread, but locally it has declined because of habitat loss and it is considered"
"order to approach their preys. The chambered nautilus, ""Nautilus pompilius"", is known to scavenge deceased snappers. A pair of nautiluses recorded feeding on a snapper at 703 metres below the surface constitutes the deepest recorded sighting of any nautilus species. This species is native to the Indian Ocean. It is widespreas in the Indo-Pacific from the east African coast to the western Pacific Ocean, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. It is a coral reef inhabitant, being found at depths from , though usually between . Lutjanus bohar Lutjanus bohar, the two-spot red snapper, is a species of"
"Dog snapper The dog snapper (""Lutjanus jocu"") is a species of snapper native to the Atlantic Ocean. It is a commercially important species, and is popular for display in public aquaria. It is also known as the dogtooth snapper, pargue, or snuggletooth snapper. Its color is typically brown with a bronze tinge, lighter on the sides. In adults, a pale triangle and a light-blue, interrupted line are found just below the eye. This species can reach a length of , though most do not exceed . The greatest known weight for this species is . Dog snapper are found from"
"which fades with age. The northern red snapper is found in the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States and much less commonly northward as far as Massachusetts. In Latin American Spanish, it is known as ', ', or """". This species commonly inhabits waters from , but can be caught as deep as on occasion. They stay relatively close to the bottom, and inhabit rocky bottoms, ledges, ridges, and artificial reefs, including offshore oil rigs and shipwrecks. Like most other snappers, northern red snapper are gregarious and form large schools around wrecks and reefs."
"Lutjanus sebae Lutjanus sebae, the emperor red snapper, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species is an inhabitant of both rocky and coral reefs, preferring flat areas with either a sandy or gravel substrate. They can be found at depths from . This species can reach a length of , though most do not exceed . The greatest recorded weight for this species is . This species is commercially important and is also farmed. It is sought as a game fish and is found in the aquarium trade. It also"
"popular aquarium fish. Most species live at depths reaching near coral reefs, but some species are found up to deep. As other fish, snappers harbour parasites. A detailed study conducted in New Caledonia has shown that coral reef-associated snappers harbour about 9 species of parasites per fish species. Lutjanidae Snappers are a family of perciform fish, Lutjanidae, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water. The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. Snappers inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans. Some snappers"
"patch on the back of the bird's head, while ""sapsucker"" refers to its distinctive method of feeding. The red-naped sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker, measuring long and weighing . Adults have a black head with a red forehead, white stripes, and a red spot on the nape; they have a white lower belly and rump. They have a yellow breast and upper belly. They are black on the back and wings with white bars; they have a large white wing patch. Adult males have a red throat patch; for females, the lower part of the throat is red, the upper"
"more common in large chain restaurants which serve a common menu nationwide. In these cases, suppliers provide a less costly substitute (usually imported) for red snapper. In countries such as India, where the actual red snapper is not available in its oceans, John snapper, Russell snapper, or a tomato red snapper are sold as ""red snapper"". Juvenile northern red snappers have been released on artificial reef habitats off the coast of Sarasota, Florida, to conduct investigations into the use of hatchery-reared juveniles to supplement native populations in the Gulf of Mexico. Artificial reefs off the coast of Alabama have proven"
"known as the government bream in Australasia. Juveniles often shelter amongst sea urchin spines until large enough to venture out to feed. In Singapore, it is used for the iconic dish, fishhead curry. Lutjanus sebae Lutjanus sebae, the emperor red snapper, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species is an inhabitant of both rocky and coral reefs, preferring flat areas with either a sandy or gravel substrate. They can be found at depths from . This species can reach a length of , though most do not exceed . The"
"Queen snapper The queen snapper, ""Etelis oculatus"", is a species of snapper native to east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea. It is the only species of ""Etelis"" not native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The species lives and is caught at depths of about 300 to 400 ft. The queen snapper is bright red on its upper and lower sides with large and yellow eyes. The size averages at about 21 in. and weighs about 3 to 5 pounds. The world record is 11 pounds and 11 ounces. It has silvery sides and a deeply forked"
"can be found from the Gulf of California south to north of the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador, as well as in parts of the Atlantic. It has been sampled in waters from to almost deep. This isopod is known to parasitize eight species in two orders and four families of fishes—7 species of order Perciformes: 3 snappers (Lutjanidae), 1 species of grunt (Haemulidae), 3 drums (Sciaenidae), and 1 species of order Atheriniformes: 1 grunion (Atherinidae). New hosts from Costa Rica include the Colorado snapper, ""Lutjanus colorado"" and Jordan's snapper, ""L. jordani"". In 2005, a red snapper parasitized by what could"
"Neon flying squid The neon flying squid (""Ommastrephes bartramii""), sometimes called the red flying squid, akaika, and red squid is a species of large flying squid in the family Ommastrephidae. They are found in subtropical and temperate oceanic waters globally. ""Ommastrephes bartramii"" belongs to the family Ommastrephidae, subfamily Ommastrephinae. It is the only species belonging to the monospecific genus Ommastrephes. It was first described by the French naturalist, explorer, and artist Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821. Russian taxonomists consider the separate spawning populations of ""Ommastrephes bartramii"" as subspecies. ""Ommastrephes bartramii"" are easily distinguishable by the presence of an elongated silver-colored"
"Bigeye snapper The bigeye snapper (""Lutjanus lutjanus""), also known as the bigeye snapper, big-eye snapper, bigeye seaperch, red sea lined snapper, golden striped snapper, tropical snapper, rosy snapper, yellow snapper, or simply snapper, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits offshore coral reefs at depths from near the surface to . This species is mostly silver in color with a yellow stripe along the side and fainter yellow lines on the lower half of the body. Fins are yellowish to whitish. It can reach a length of . The bigeye"
"Red-naped snake The red-naped snake (""Furina diadema"") is a small venomous reptile from the family Elapidae. The snakes are found in four Australian states and are listed as 'Threatened' in Victoria'. They are nocturnal and feed on small skinks. The young eastern brown snake is similar in appearance. The red-naped snake has small black eyes, a shiny black head, and neck. Its head appears to be partially flattened. On the upper lip is a streak of white. On the back of the neck there is a well defined patch of orange or red in the shape of a diamond, crescent"
"Red shiner The red shiner or red-horse minnow (""Cyprinella lutrensis"") is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are deep-bodied and laterally compressed, and can grow to about three inches in length. For most of the year, both males and females have silver sides and whitish abdomens. Males in breeding coloration, though, have iridescent pink-purple-blue sides and a red crown and fins (except the dorsal fin which remains dark). Red shiners can live up to three years. They are omnivorous; they eat both aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, as well as algae. Red shiners have also"
"snapper. Vermilion snapper The vermilion snapper or beeliner (""Rhomboplites aurorubens"") is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Bermuda including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Brazil. This species inhabits waters from (though rarer deeper than ) where they can be found in large schools over substrates of sand, gravel, or rock. This species can reach a length of , though most are around . The greatest recorded weight for this species is . It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. The vermilion snapper is often sold as"
"Red-breasted sapsucker The red-breasted sapsucker (""Sphyrapicus ruber"") is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America. Adults have a red head and upper chest; they have a white lower belly and rump. They are black on the back and wings with bars; they have a large white wing patch. Red-breasted sapsuckers nest in tree cavities. Northern birds migrate to the southern parts of the range; birds on the coast are often permanent residents. Like other sapsuckers, these birds drill holes in trees and eat the sap as well as insects attracted to it. They sometimes"
"Red River mudpuppy The Red River mudpuppy (""Necturus maculosus louisianensis""), also called Louisiana waterdog, is a subspecies of mudpuppy. Some herpetologists consider this salamander to be a full species (""Necturus louisianensis). It is found in southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri, northeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, and northcentral Louisiana. It lives only in the Red River and adjacent drainage systems. It is much different in appearance from the common mudpuppy which is gray to brown, with round blue-black spots. The Red River mudpuppy is light yellowish brown with a white stripe on either side of the middorsal area. It eats mainly small underwater animals."
"Red hind The red hind (""Epinephelus guttatus""), also known as the koon or lucky grouper in Caribbean vernacular, is a species of grouper in the family Serranidae native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Ranging from North Carolina, United States to Paraíba, Brazil, it is the most common species of ""Epinephelus"" in the Caribbean. Reddish brown spots spread over a whitish undercoat. Can reach over two feet in length, but on average is less than a foot. During spawning, females are easily distinguished from males. Females possess a pallid complexion and have swollen abdomens. The males appear dusky, mottled patterns with"
"Blackfin snapper The blackfin snapper (""Lutjanus buccanella"") is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is a commercially important species, though it has been reported to carry the ciguatera toxin. Its color is typically a scarlet red with silvery undersides. It has a black crescent-shaped mark at the base of its pectoral fins. The fins are yellow to orange. This species can reach a length of , though most do not exceed . The greatest known weight for this species is . The blackfin snapper is found"
"Lane snapper The lane snapper (""Lutjanus synagris"") is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It can be found in a wide range of habitats, though it prefers coral reefs and sandy areas with plentiful vegetation. It occurs at depths from , most frequently between . This species is silvery-pink to reddish in color, with short, irregular, pink and yellow lines on its sides; it has a diffuse black spot, about as large as the eye; the dorsal fin is centered above"