found: Work cat.: Electr. reprod./Furtado-Neto, M.A. de Andrade. Molecular systematics and population genetics of marine vertebrates from Brazil, 1998:leaf iii (Red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus)) leaf 120 (Caribbean red snapper)
found: FishBase, via WWW, Mar. 20, 2006(Lutjanus purpureus, Southern red snapper. Common names: American red, Caribbean red snapper, Cola, Redfish, Snapper, Southern red. Synonym: Lutjanus aya (misidentification))
found: Fisheries Global Information System, via WWW, Mar. 20, 2006(Lutjanus purpureus, Southern red snapper. Frequently confused with L. campechanus. Also referred to as L. aya by past authors, but Rivas provided evidence that indicates Bodianus aya Bloch is not a lutjanid, but probably a sciaenid)
found: ITIS, via WWW, Mar. 20, 2006(Lutjanus purpureus. Synonym: Lutjanus aya. Common names: Caribbean red snapper, southern red snapper)
found: NatureServe explorer, via WWW, Mar. 20, 2006(Lutjanus purpureus, Caribbean Red Snapper; frequently confused with Lutjanus campechanus, but the ranges of the two species do not overlap. Also referred to as L. aya by some authors)