Snapper(s) may refer to:

Animals

Lutjanidae Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fishes, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries and, in some cases, fresh water (e.g., '' Lutjanus goldiei''). The family includes about 113 species. Most species are used for foo ...

, 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 The eastern nannygai (''Centroberyx affinis''), also known as the redfish, bight redfish, red snapper, golden snapper or koarea, is an alfonsino of the genus ''Centroberyx''. It is found around Australia and New Zealand at depths between on t ...

, also known as red snapper, ''Centroberyx affinis'' **

Bluefish The bluefish (''Pomatomus saltatrix'') is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Bluefish are known as ta ...

(''Pomatomus saltatrix''), of which the smallest are often known as "snappers" **''

Sebastes ''Sebastes'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae part of the family Scorpaenidae, most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. They are found ...

'', some species of which are known as "Pacific snapper" or "red snapper" *

Chelydridae The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, ''Chelydra'' and '' Macrochelys''. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are '' Acherontemys ...

, 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 The alligator snapping turtle (''Macrochelys temminckii'') is a large species of turtle in the Family (biology), family Chelydridae. They are the largest freshwater turtle in North America. The species is Endemism, endemic to freshwater habitat ...

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Sistrurus catenatus The eastern massasauga (''Sistrurus catenatus'') is a rattlesnake species found in central and eastern North America from southern Ontario in Canada and throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Like all rattlesnakes, it is a pit vip ...

'', 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 Snapper Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by former head of Castle Communications Jon Beecher, Dougie Dudgeon and funded by Mark Levinson from Palan Music Publishing. In 1999, Snapper broke away from its Palan parent company ...

, a UK record label *

Snapper (band) Snapper were a New Zealand band that formed in Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edi ...

, a New Zealand indie rock band ** ''Snapper'' (EP) *

Snapper Carr Lucas "Snapper" Carr is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Gardner Fox and penciller Mike Sekowsky, and first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' in February 1960. From 1960 ...

, a character in the DC Universe * Snapper Foster, a character on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' *

Bang snaps Bang snaps (known as poppers; whipper snappers, Indian English: pop pop crackers) are a type of small novelty firework sold as a trick noisemaker. Composition Bang snaps consist of a small amount of gravel or coarse sand impregnated with a minute q ...

or "snappers", a type of novelty firework

Military

* , eight ships of the Royal Navy * , three ships of the United States Navy *

3M6 Shmel The 3M6 (; ) is an MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union. Its GRAU designation is "3M6" and its NATO reporting name is AT-1 Snapper. Too large to be manportable, it was typically deployed from specialised vehicles or helicopt ...

, an anti-tank missile with NATO reporting name AT-1 Snapper *

Sopwith Snapper The Sopwith Snapper was a prototype British fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single-engined biplane designed by the Sopwith Aviation Company to replace the Sopwith Snipe fighter, it first flew after the end of the war, but did not ent ...

, a British First World War prototype fighter aircraft

Places

Snapper Creek The Snapper Creek is a creek in the U.S. state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades into Biscayne Bay at Biscayne National Park. It is a long creek south of Downtown Miami, running through the suburbs of Kendall and Coral Gables in me ...

, Florida *

Snapper Island (New South Wales) Snapper Island (previously known as ''Schnapper Island'') is a island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the main channel of the western section of the harbour, upstream of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, adjacent to the Sydney suburb of Drumm ...

, Australia, in Sydney Harbour *

Snapper Island (Queensland) Snapper Island is an island at the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland, Australia, some north of Port Douglas. It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as the Snapp ...

, Australia, at the mouth of the Daintree River * Snapper, a hamlet in the UK that was served by

Snapper Halt railway station Snapper Halt railway station was a station on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon, England. The station served a rural area near the hamlet of Snap ...

Sports

Long snapper In gridiron football, the long snapper (or deep snapper) is a Center (gridiron football), center on American football positions#Special teams, special teams whose duty is to Snap (gridiron football), snap the football over a longer distance, ty ...

, a specialized player in gridiron football *

Steve "Snapper" Jones Stephen Howard "Snapper" Jones Sr. (October 17, 1942 – November 25, 2017) was an American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), and later a television analyst. He was a three-t ...

(1942–2017), American basketball player and television analyst

Surname

Ernst Snapper Ernst Snapper (December 2, 1913, Groningen – February 5, 2011, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) was a Dutch-American mathematician, known for his research in "commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, cohomology of groups, character theory, and combi ...

(1913–2017), Dutch-American mathematician

Other uses

* Snapper Inc., a residential lawn care and snow removal equipment company *

Snapper card The Snapper card is a contactless electronic ticketing card used to pay for bus and train fares in Wellington, New Zealand. The system, with a nautical themed name, was introduced in Wellington in July 2008. Another version – the Snapper H ...

, a New Zealand contactless smartcard and USB device