Scientific Name	Aphareus rutilans   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1830	Depth	100 - 330M
Chinese	銹色細齒笛鯛	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	紅叉尾鯛
Max Length	110 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	小齒紅鯛、闊嘴郎仔(臺東)
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Aphareus furcatus, Aphareus rutlans, Aphareus thompsoni
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056094. ASIZP0802622. FRIP20376. FRIP21311. FRIP22107. FRIP22185.
Common Name	Rusty jobfish; Reddish snapper fish; Small tooth jobfish; Red smalltooth job; Small-toothed jobfish; Silvermouth; Lehi; Ironjaw snapper; Jobfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, fusiform and compressed. Lower jaw protruding; maxilla extending to below middle of eye; interorbital space flattened; teeth small, forming narrow uniform band in each jaw; roofof mouth toothless; on first gill arch lower limb (including rudiments) 30 to 34. Dorsal fin with X spines and 11 (rarely 10) soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; pectoral fins long, reaching to about level of anus, with 15 or 16 rays; caudal fin deeply forked; dorsal and anal fins scaleless. Scales small, about 70 to 73 in lateral line; scale rows on back parallel with lateral line. Generally blue-gray or mauve to overall reddish; fins yellowish to reddish except pelvic and anal fins which are sometimes whitish; margin of maxilla black.
habitats	Inhabits reefs and rocky bottom areas to depths of at least 100 m. Feeds on fishes, squids and crustaceans.
Distribution	Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean from the Hawaiian Islands to East Africa, and from the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands southward to Australia. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh.