Snapper
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Snapper(s) may refer to:
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• Animals
• Military
• Places
• Sports
• Surname
• See also
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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
• 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 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
• The Snappers, a nickname of the East Yorkshire Regiment
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
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