VERMILLION SNAPPER
Rhomboplites aurorubens
English: Beeliner, bastard snapper, mangrove snapper
Spanish: acara aya
Color of entire body reddish, with a series of short, irregular lines on its sides, diagonal blue lines formed by spots on the scales above the lateral line; sometimes with yellow streaks below the lateral line; large canine teeth absent; orientation of mouth and eye give it the appearance of looking upward; no dark lateral spot.
Usually less than one pound.