Scientific Name	Pristipomoides filamentosus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1830)	Depth	40 - 400M
Chinese	絲鰭姬鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	絲鰭紫魚
Max Length	100 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	金蘭、赤殼(澎湖)、白肉栓(台語)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Reunion
Synonyms	Aphareus roseus, Aprion brevirostris, Bowersia violescens, Chaetopterus microlepis, Etelis brevirostris, Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus, Pristipomoides microlepis, Serranus filamentosus
Reference	墾丁圖鑑(邵等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 朱元鼎 編 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985
Specimen List	ASIZP0055484. ASIZP0055887. ASIZP0065951. ASIZP0073999. ASIZP0800727. ASIZP0805814. ASIZP0805816. ASIZP0806536. ASIZP0910727. ASIZP0915814. ASIZP0915816. ASIZP0916536. FRIP01314. FRIP21510. NMMBP04288. NTUM00962. NTUM00967. NTUM00979. NTUM06610. NTUM06814.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Snapper; Rosy jobfish; Pink snapper; Crimson jobfish; King snapper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, robust. Interorbital space flat; lower jaw slightly protruding; both jaws with an outer row of conical and canine teeth and an inner band of villiform teeth, canines at front of lower jaw not greatly enlarged; vomerine tooth patch triangular; tongue without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 14 to 16. Dorsal fin with X spines and 12 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; bases of dorsal and anal fins scaleless, their last soft rays extended into short filaments; pectoral fins long, reaching level of anus, with 15 or 16 rays; caudal fin forked. Scales relatively small, about 60 to 65 in lateral line; scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Color of back and sides varies from brownish to lavender or reddish purple; the snout and interorbital space with narrow yellow lines and blue spots; the dorsal and caudal fins light blue or lavender with reddish orange margins.
habitats	Occurs over rocky bottoms at depths between about 90 and 360 m. Moves to the upper portion of its depth range at night to feed on small fishes, shrimps, crabs, amphipods, ascidians and pelagic items including salps and urochordates.
Distribution	Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean from East Africa to Hawaii and Tahiti, north to southern Japan, south to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island.It is common found in Taiwan except eastern part.
Utility	A good quality foodfish. Marketed mainly fresh.