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Green jobfish
Aprion virescens
Valid name.
- English
- Green jobfish
- Scientific
- Aprion virescens
- Dhivehi
- ގިއުޅުGiulhu
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- About 1.1 m and 15 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs, channels and lagoons, 0 to about 180 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A long, streamlined snapper, blue-green to grey-green with a deeply forked tail and a distinctive groove in front of the eye. It cruises in mid-water above the reef, preying on fish, squid and crustaceans. It is fast and wary, and usually seen singly or in small groups. Its flesh is highly regarded.
In the Maldives
An important food fish in the Maldivian reef handline fishery; Dhivehi Wikipedia notes it is commonly caught on reef slopes and inside the atolls.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Aprion-virescens.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=84&GenusName=Aprion&SpeciesName=vires
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ގިއުޅު
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Aprion_virescens_JNC2568.JPG
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); Latin transliterated by Pax. Single source; not in FishBase for the Maldives.