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Fields shown: 22 — same: 4, differ: 4, only one side holds a record: 10, neither holds one: 2, each has its own: 2.

Field	First Lutjanus malabaricus HWT-FISH-0244	Second Paracaesio xanthura HWT-FISH-0252	Comparison
Plate	© أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة	© أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة	Each has its own
Stable identifier	HWT-FISH-0244	HWT-FISH-0252	Each has its own
Taxonomic rank	Species	Species	Same
Authority and year	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	(Bleeker, 1869)	Differs
English name	Malabar bloodsnapper	Yellowtail blue snapper	Differs
Nationally approved Arabic name	No nationally approved Arabic name exists for this taxon; verified local names are shown in the next two rows, as what they are.	No nationally approved Arabic name exists for this taxon; verified local names are shown in the next two rows, as what they are.	Neither has a record
Local name — Red Sea A name recorded for this sea; it is not an occurrence record.	هبر Local name, verified — not nationally approved	No verified local name is recorded for the Red Sea.	Only the first has a record
Local name — Arabian Gulf A name recorded for this sea; it is not an occurrence record.	حمرة Local name, verified — not nationally approved	No verified local name is recorded for the Arabian Gulf.	Only the first has a record
Family	LUTJANIDAE	LUTJANIDAE	Same
Order	Perciformes	Perciformes	Same
National code	1607	This record carries no national code.	Only the first has a record
Measured specimen length The length of a measured specimen, not the maximum length of the species.	9.6 cm Reference 6 — لوحات الحصر المصوّرة · verified	28.2 cm Reference 6 — لوحات الحصر المصوّرة · verified Reference 49 — الصفحة المطبوعة 164 · unverified the evidence is a rendering of what the locator holds, not a verbatim quotation	Differs
Published conservation status	No conservation assessment is published for this record.	No conservation assessment is published for this record.	Neither has a record
Documentation status	documented from a photographed and measured specimen Reference 6 — لوحات الحصر المصوّرة · unverified the evidence is a rendering of what the locator holds, not a verbatim quotation	documented from a photographed and measured specimen Reference 6 — لوحات الحصر المصوّرة · unverified the evidence is a rendering of what the locator holds, not a verbatim quotation Reference 49 — الصفحة المطبوعة 164 · unverified the evidence is a rendering of what the locator holds, not a verbatim quotation	Same
General description	The register holds no row for this field.	The source assigns this snapper to the family Lutjanidae and the subfamily Apsilinae, within the series Eupercaria; as with its congener the section names no order. It is recorded as marine and reef-associated, in a tropical climate. One length only is held, a maximum of 50.0 cm TL: the section carries no common length, no maturity figure and no published weight. Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Classification / Names breadcrumb; Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range; Size / Weight / Age · verified	Only the second has a record
Morphology	The register holds no row for this field.	The counts given are 10 dorsal spines with 10-11 soft rays and 3 anal spines with 8-9 soft rays, the soft rays being usually 10 in the dorsal fin and 8 in the anal. The source separates this species by a relatively deep, laterally compressed body whose greatest depth is 2.5-2.8 in SL, a convex interorbital region, a terminal mouth with jaws about equal, an upper lip without a thick fleshy protrusion at its front end, a maxilla with or without scales and without longitudinal ridges, caniniform to villiform jaw teeth, gill rakers on the first arch of 5-11 plus 18-20, lateral line scales of 70-72, and a forked caudal fin. Colour is bright blue with a broad yellow band over most of the dorsal half of the body, reaching most of the caudal peduncle; the body is fusiform with an oval cross section. Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Short description · verified	Only the second has a record
Habitat and distribution	The register holds no row for this field.	The depth range recorded is 5-250 m, in a tropical climate, and the section gives no separate usual range within it. Adults occur over rocky bottoms and sometimes form large schools. Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range; Biology · verified	Only the second has a record
Feeding	The register holds no row for this field.	FishBase states that adults feed largely on zooplankton, which is the narrower term the section itself uses here. The same section reports that the fish is caught mainly with handlines and bottom longlines and is marketed fresh or frozen. Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Biology · verified	Only the second has a record
Distribution	The register holds no row for this field.	Global range as the source gives it: Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to the Austral Islands, north to southern Japan and south to southeastern Australia. The section then qualifies the name itself, calling this a complex of variable populations that may compose a single species or two or more, and noting that Paracaesio pedleyi, from Lord Howe Island, Middleton Reef and eastern Australian waters, is included under it with some reservation. The range stated here reaches no further west than East Africa. Global Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Distribution · verified	Only the second has a record
Maximum recorded length	The register holds no row for this field.	50 cm Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Size / Weight / Age · verified	Only the second has a record
Depth range	The register holds no row for this field.	5 – 250 m Reference 50 — FishBase species summary — Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range · verified	Only the second has a record
Sources	Reference 6 — أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة, ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م, 2011 Reference 8 — استمارة التجميع المرمزة للأسماء المحلية — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية	Reference 6 — أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة, ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م, 2011 Reference 49 — Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters, الطبعة الثانية 1438 H - 2017 Reference 50 — FishBase — species summary (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), 2026	Differs

An empty cell describes the register, not the animal: it does not mean the value is zero, or that science does not know it. A row carrying a state phrase ("unknown", "not recorded in the source") holds an explicit record saying so. A local name recorded for a sea is not an occurrence record, and a value two records share does not make them one record.

What the words in the comparison column mean

Same: Both sides hold the same value.
Differs: Both sides hold a value, and the two values are not the same.
Only the first / only the second has a record: The other side holds no row in the register for this field, and its cell says why.
Neither has a record: Neither side holds a row for this field.
Each has its own: A field whose two values are not compared: two identifiers, two plates; each record has its own.