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Snapper(s) may refer to:


Animals

* Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers **''
Lutjanus campechanus The northern red snapper (''Lutjanus campechanus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family (biology), family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, w ...
'', 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 The Australasian snapper (''Pagrus auratus'') or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and Southe ...
, ''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 The common snapping turtle (''Chelydra serpentina'') is a species of large freshwater turtle in the Family (biology), family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far eas ...
** 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

* , eight ships of the Royal Navy * , 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) {{disambiguation, fish, geo