Snapper

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"
  • Common snapping turtle
  • Alligator snapping turtle
• Sistrurus catenatus, also known as black snapper, a snake

Arts and entertainment

• The Snapper (novel), a 1990 novel by Roddy Doyle
• The Snapper (film), a film based on the above novel
• Snapper (video game), a faithful clone of Pac-Man for the BBC Micro
• Snapper Music, a UK record label
• Snapper (band), a New Zealand indie rock band
  • Snapper (EP)
• Snapper Carr, a character in the DC Universe
• Snapper Foster, a character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Bang snaps or "snappers", a type of novelty firework

Military

• HMS Snapper, eight ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Snapper, three ships of the United States Navy
• 3M6 Shmel, an anti-tank missile with NATO reporting name AT-1 Snapper
• Sopwith Snapper, a British First World War prototype fighter aircraft

Places

• Snapper Creek, Florida
• Snapper Island (New South Wales), Australia, in Sydney Harbour
• Snapper Island (Queensland), Australia, at the mouth of the Daintree River
• Snapper, a hamlet in the UK that was served by Snapper Halt railway station

Sports

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

Surname

• Ernst Snapper (1913–2017), Dutch-American mathematician

Other uses

• Snapper Inc., a residential lawn care and snow removal equipment company
• Snapper card, a New Zealand contactless smartcard and USB device

See also

• Red snapper (disambiguation)
• Snap (disambiguation)