Aphareus furca | fishIDER

Osteichthyes Lutjanidae Genus Aphareus Aphareus furca

Small-toothed jobfish AYF

Soource: Jack Randall / Fish Database of Taiwan. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Characteristic features:

Colour:

Silvery purple brown on back, silvery blue below.

Size:

Up to 70 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo-West and Central Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Lagoons, coral and rocky reefs, from 5 to 120 m depth.

Biology:

Feeds on fishes and crustaceans. Occurs in solitary or in small schools. Little else is know about the biology or ecology of this species.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught with handlines and vertical longlines.

Similar species:

Aphareus rutilans
Rusty jobfish

Aphareus rutilans differs in having 49–52 gill rakers on first gill arch (vs. 22–28) and a body colour varying from blueish grey or mauve to reddish (vs. silvery purple brown on back, silvery blue below).

to Aphareus rutilans

Pristipomoides spp.

Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus

Pristipomoides species differ in having a premaxillae not protrusible, attached to snout at symphysis by a frenum (vs. premaxillae protrusible, not attached to snout by frenum).

to Pristipomoides spp.

External links:

FishBase
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species^TM