Cocoa Snapper

Eye large; snout short (shorter than eye diameter). Interorbital space slightly convex. Lower jaw protruding slightly. Scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Pectoral fins long, reaching level of anus. Back and upper sides light brown, silvery on lower sides and belly; five brown vertical bars on the upper side; the fins are gray to whitish; the margin of the dorsal fin and most of the caudal fin yellow.

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8

Found on the continental shelf and continental slope (Ref. 75154).

Adults are found on the continental shelf and continental slope (Ref. 75154).

fisheries: subsistence fisheries

分布於西太平洋區，自日本琉球群島到澳洲東北部，包括斐濟及薩摩亞等海域。台灣產於南部海域。

一般以延繩釣捕獲。煎食或紅燒均宜。

體呈長橢圓形，稍側偏而高；標準體長約為體高之2.4-2.5倍。兩眼間隔顯著突出。眼前方無溝槽。下頜略突出於上頜；上頜骨末端延伸至眼前緣的下方；上頜骨無鱗。上下頜骨具帶狀齒，外列齒擴大，前方數齒呈犬齒狀；鋤骨具齒。體被中小型櫛鱗，背鰭及臀鰭上均裸露無鱗；側線完全且呈弧形，側線鱗數48-49。背鰭硬軟鰭條間無深刻；背鰭與臀鰭最末之軟條皆不延長而較前方鰭條短；背鰭硬棘X，軟條10；臀鰭硬棘III，軟條8；胸鰭長約等於頭長；尾鰭雙內凹形。體呈黃褐色，腹部銀白色；體側具四條深色橫帶，且延伸至側線下方。背鰭、臀鰭及尾鰭黃褐色或淡色；尾鰭上葉末緣淡色或白色；胸鰭淺黃色。依據 Nelson(1994)將其置於笛鯛(Lutjanidae)科中的擬烏尾冬亞科(Apsilinae)。

棲息於近海大陸棚岩石底海域，棲息深度可達300公尺左右。