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Lutjanidae
small toothed jobfish
Aphareus furca
Last dorsal and anal rays trail toward a deep fork
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
Largesmall toothed jobfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 70 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Aphareus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Reported from Cocos Island in the eastern Pacific (Ref. 9821 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
