The goatfish are presumably a more preferred prey than bluestripe snapper.

The bluestripe snapper is commonly taken throughout its range by handlines, traps and gill nets.

Only three species thrived, dominated by the bluestripe snapper, now occupying many of the Hawaiian Islands.

The bluestripe snapper is classified in the genus Lutjanus, which is part of the snapper family Lutjanidae.

The bluestripe snapper is part of an unusual mimicry relationship with the goatfish, Mulloidichthys mimicus, whose colouration nearly exactly matches that of the snapper.

The bluestripe snapper has a varied diet, feeding on fishes, shrimps, crabs, stomatopods, cephalopods and planktonic crustaceans, as well as plant and algal materials.

For example, the yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) of the Red Sea and Hawaii is often seen congregating with bluestripe snappers (Lutjanus kasmira).

The bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira, (also known as the bluestripe sea perch or the blue-line snapper) is a common species of marine fish of the snapper family Lutjanidae.

About 90 species of fish live in the waters of the park, among them being the Emperor Angelfish, Almaco Jack, Spotted Seahorse, Bluestripe Snapper, Pinkish Basslet and Two-lined monocle bream.

The bluestripe snapper is one of the most widespread of the snappers, inhabiting a range from the Red Sea south to Madagascar and east to India, Asia, Indonesia, Australia and a number of Pacific Islands including Hawaii.

The bluestripe snapper, Lutjanus kasmira, (also known as the bluestripe sea perch or the blue-line snapper) is a common species of marine fish of the snapper family Lutjanidae.

There is colour everywhere here: bulbous stalks of soft corals in blues and purples, several hundred blue-line snapper, and bright orange coral groupers speckled with aquamarine spots nestling among blue and yellow sponges.