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Snapper

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Snapper(s) may refer to:

Animals

  • Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers
    • Lutjanus campechanus, a fish found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of the United States
    • Bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus), a fish that primarily lives in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, sometimes known as simply "Snapper"
    • Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus), native to the western Atlantic Ocean
  • Fishes from other families including:
    • Australasian snapper, Pagrus auratus, also known as silver seabream
    • Eastern nannygai, also known as red snapper, Centroberyx affinis
    • Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), of which the smallest are often known as "snappers"
    • Sebastes, some species of which are known as "Pacific snapper" or "red snapper"
  • Chelydridae, a family of freshwater turtles of which both extant species are known as snapping turtles, informally shortened to "snapper"
  • Sistrurus catenatus, also known as black snapper, a snake

Arts and entertainment

Commerce

  • Snapper Inc., a residential lawn care and snow removal equipment company
  • Snapper card, a New Zealand contactless smartcard and USB device
  • Bang snaps or "snappers", a type of small pyrotechnic noisemaker

Military

  • 3M6 Shmel, an anti-tank missile with NATO reporting name AT-1 Snapper
  • HMS Snapper, the name of eight ships of the Royal Navy
  • USS Snapper, the name of more than one ship of the United States Navy

Places

  • Snapper, a hamlet in the UK that was served by Snapper Halt railway station
  • Snapper Island (disambiguation), the name of two islands in Australia

Sports

  • Long snapper, a specialized center player in American football
  • Steve "Snapper" Jones (1942–2017), American basketball player and television analyst

See also

  • Red snapper (disambiguation)
  • Snap (disambiguation)
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