Lutjanus malabaricus (Malabar Blood Snapper) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family snappers. Individuals are known to live for 31 years and can grow to 100.0 cm.
Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body