Lutjaninae

Lutjaninae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies classified within the family Lutjanidae, the snappers.

Genera
The subfamily Lutjaninae contains  6 genera and 76 species:


 * genus Hoplopagrus Gill, 1861
 * genus Lutjanus Bloch, 1790
 * genus Macolor Bleeker, 1860
 * genus Ocyurus Gill, 1862
 * genus Pinjalo Bleeker, 1873
 * genus Rhomboplites Gill, 1862

A taxonomic study of snappers within the subfamily Lutjaninae in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean indicated that the monotypic genera Ocyurus and Rhomboplites sit within the genus Lutjanus.

Fossil history
The Lutjaninae are represented in the fossil record as far back as the 48.6 million years ago from the Eocene where specimens have been found in the United Kingdom and Louisiana. More recent specimens are known from the Miocene in Mexico and Florida and the Quaternary of the Turks and Caicos Islands.