Goldbanded jobfish (Pristipomoides multidens)

Scientific name: Pristipomoides multidens Day, 1871

Goldbanded jobfish (Pristipomoides multidens)

The Goldbanded jobfish (Pristipomoides multidens) is a marine fish of the family Lutjanidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Arabian Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.

Biology

Gold band snappers are deepwater fish inhabiting tropical and sub-tropical waters. They are schooling fish and live in areas of hard, rocky and uneven sea floor and steep off islands. Feed on fishes, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, stomatopods, squids, gastropods and urochordates. Marketed fresh. An excellent food fish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pristipomoides multidens
Family
Lutjanidae (Snappers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
90.0
Common length
70.0
Depth range
40–245 m (131–804 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 40 - 245 m, usually 125 - 275 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Arabian Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.22-0.28; tmax=14; Fec=296,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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