lavender jobfish

Pristipomoides sieboldii

Seventy Nine Centimeters Lutjanid Fish of the Hawaiian Islands

Purple
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Fusiform
Large

Pristipomoides sieboldii, the lavender jobfish, lavender snapper or von Siebold's snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, which is a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Pristipomoides
Maximum length: 79 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Hawaii, and northward to southern Japan. A single specimen, apparently of this species, obtained from Vema Seamount in the southeast Atlantic.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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