Scientific Name	Pristipomoides sieboldii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1854)	Depth	100 - 360M
Chinese	希氏姬鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	西氏紫魚
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鎖吾、散午、紅魚仔、紅臭魚仔、紅臭魚(臺東)、白肉蒜
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Aprion microdon, Bowersia ulaula, Chaetopterus dubius, Chaetopterus sieboldii, Pristipomoides microdon, Pristipomoides seiboldi, Pristipomoides sieboldi
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055890. ASIZP0055895. ASIZP0055905. ASIZP0056093. ASIZP0059795. ASIZP0060657. ASIZP0070766. ASIZP0073230. ASIZP0078296. ASIZP0078297. ASIZP0700074. ASIZP0805705. ASIZP0805837. ASIZP0807182. ASIZP0807183. ASIZP0915705. ASIZP0915837. ASIZP0917182. ASIZP0917183. FRIP00662. FRIP20332. FRIP20378. FRIP21512. NMMBP00139. NMMBP01339. NMMBP02222. NMMBP03050. NMMBP03059. NMMBP04068. NMMBP04273. NMMBP04274. NMMBP04275. NMMBP06299. NMMBP08604. NMMSTP00569.
Barcode	2012-08-20,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Snapper; Von Siebold's snapper fish; Jobfish; Lavender jobfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, robust. Interorbital space flat; lower jaw slightly protruding; both jaws with an outer band of conical and canine teeth and an inner band of villiform teeth; vomerine tooth patch diamond-shaped; teeth present on tongue; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 19 to 22. Dorsal fin with 10 spines and 11 soft rays; anal fin with 3 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 16 rays; caudal fin forked. Scales small, about 70 to 74 in lateral line; scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Body is silvery with lavender hue; the top of the head with dark spots; margin of the dorsal fin orange; the caudal fin purplish with the inner margin of the fork pale.
habitats	Occurs over rocky bottoms; off Guam, caught most abundantly from about 180 to 270 m. Feeds mainly on fishes, shrimps, crabs, polychaetes, cephalopods and urochordates. Marketed mostly fresh. Caught mainly with bottom longlines and deep handlines.
Distribution	Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawaii, and northward to southern Japan. A single specimen, apparently of this species, obtained from Vema Seamount in the southeast Atlantic. It is a common species in Taiwan except western part
Utility	A common foodfish in some areas. Marketed mostly fresh.