Scientific Name	Pristipomoides zonatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1830)	Depth	70 - 300M
Chinese	橫帶姬鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斜帶紫魚
Max Length	57.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	橫帶花笛鯛、散午、紅魚(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius
Synonyms	Rooseveltia aloha, Rooseveltia brighami, Serranus argyrogrammicus, Serranus brighami, Serranus telfairii, Serranus zonatus, Tropidinius zonatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 Seki, M.P. etc. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055773. ASIZP0068075. ASIZP0070753. ASIZP0803836. ASIZP0913836. NMMSTP00523.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Oblique-banded snapper; Oblique banded snapper; Obliquebanded snapper; Brigham's snapper fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep. Interorbital space convex; jaws about equal, or lower jaw slightly protruding; both jaws with bands of fine teeth, the outer ones slightly enlarged, but not. as prominent canines; vomerine tooth patch V-shaped; tongue without teeth; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 12 or 13. Dorsal fin with 10 spines and 10 or 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 relatively small, about 60 to 66 in lateral line; scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Overall pink or reddish with 4 broad oblique orange or yellow bars on sides; dorsal and caudal fins yellow, other fins pink.
habitats	Occurs over rocky bottoms between about 70 and 300 m depth; most abundant between about 100 and 200 m. Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs, cephalopods, other benthic invertebrates and planktonic organisms, including urochordates.
Distribution	Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean from East Africa to Hawaii and Tahiti, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and Lord Howe Island. It is mainly found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	A good eating fish occasionally seen in markets. Marketed fresh.