Mexican barred snapper
| Mexican barred snapper | |
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| La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutjaninae |
| Genus: | Hoplopagrus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Species: | H. guentherii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplopagrus guentherii T. N. Gill, 1862
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The Mexican barred snapper (Hoplopagrus guentherii), also known as the barred pargo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in its genus.