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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

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