Humpback red snapper

Fishing and seasons

Abundance season, spawning season and legal closure are three separate things. Each line carries its kind of evidence, its region and its source; what is not documented is said to be undocumented.

Habitat and diet

• Feeds on fishes and a range of benthic invertebrates, including shrimps, crabs and cephalopods. A general description of the species, not a Saudi diet study; a natural diet does not prove a best bait. Biological reference Global
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  Lutjanus gibbus — Paddletail — Feeding section · Scientifically documented
  Feeds on fishes, and a range of benthic invertebrates. (our rendering of what the locator holds, not a quotation)

• A reef-associated fish, 1–150 m, ranging from East Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. Biological reference Global
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  Lutjanus gibbus — Paddletail — Quick Facts; Distribution · Scientifically documented
  Reef associated; depth 1-150 m; distribution from East Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. (our rendering of what the locator holds, not a quotation)

Time of day

• General handlining guidance from an FAO manual: the best times are usually early morning and late evening. It is general advice, not specific to this species and not backed by a Saudi study; the same manual advises also watching the current, the bottom and the presence of bait fish when choosing where to fish. General guidance — not species-specific Global
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  Handlining and squid jigging (FAO Training Series No. 23) — Part I, section 8 "Deciding where and when to fish" (Moon and sun) · Scientifically documented
  States that, as a general rule, the best times for handlining are early in the morning and late in the evening; the right time also depends on the species and place. (our rendering of what the locator holds, not a quotation)

Presence in Saudi markets

• One specimen of this species was recorded at the Jeddah fish market in a COI reference dataset published in ZooKeys (2026), with no collection date. A market record of one specimen in one city: it does not show where it was caught or abundance. Market record — not a place of capture Saudi territorial waters, Red Sea · Jeddah fish market
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  Fish mtDNA COI sequences from local fish markets in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea: A reference dataset — Table 3 (PRIS033-24, Jeddah fish market) · Scientifically documented
  One Sanger-sequenced specimen (PRIS033-24), Saudi Arabia, Jeddah fish market; no collection date is stated. (our rendering of what the locator holds, not a quotation)

• No published seasonal description specific to this species was found in the sources checked.
• Spawning months for this species: not documented in the sources checked.
• Best month for line fishing: no Saudi source checked ranks the months. Abundance season, spawning season and legal closure are three separate things.
• Bait ranking: no Saudi comparative trial was found in the sources checked.