Green Jobfish

Scientific Name: Aprion virescens
Family: Snappers – Lutjanidae
Maximum Size: 100cm
Identification: Dark green to blue to bluish gray; slender cylindrical body with strongly forked tail, pectoral fins short; no distinctive markings.
Favourite: Usually solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoons, reef passes and outer slopes in 5-150m.
Location: Indo-Pacific – Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and Lord Howe I.