Crimson jobfish
Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Pristipomoides filamentosus. Collected off Nouméa, New Caledonia, deep-sea off the Barrier Reef.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Pristipomoides filamentosus, also known as the crimson jobfish, rosy snapper, bluespot jobfish, crimson snapper, king emperor, king snapper or rosy jobfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean as far east as Hawaii and Tahiti. This species is very important to local commercial fisheries and is sought out as a game fish--one of the Deep Seven species of Hawaiʻi.
Wikipedia contributors, Pristipomoides filamentosus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:57:56.952344+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Common name
- Crimson jobfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Pristipomoides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLutjanidae Gill, 1861
- genusPristipomoides Bleeker, 1852
- speciesPristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pristipomoides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| wenchmanPristipomoides aquilonaris (Goode & Bean, 1896) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pristipomoides flavipinnis Shinohara, 1963 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lavender jobfishPristipomoides sieboldii (Bleeker, 1855) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ornate jobfishPristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1832) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender wenchmanPristipomoides freemani Anderson, 1966 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wenchman snapperPristipomoides macrophthalmus (Müller & Troschel, 1848) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| goldbanded jobfishPristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sharptooth jobfishPristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| oblique-banded snapperPristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes, 1830) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Etelis brevirostris Vaillant, 1873 Vaillant, 1873 | synonym |
| Serranus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1830 Valenciennes, 1830 | synonym |
| Aphareus roseus Castelnau, 1879 Castelnau, 1879 | synonym |
| Pristipomoides microlepis (Bleeker, 1869) (Bleeker, 1869) | synonym |
| Aprion brevirostris Vaillant, 1873 Vaillant, 1873 | synonym |
| Bowersia violescens Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | synonym |
| Chaetopterus microlepis Bleeker, 1869 Bleeker, 1869 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218511 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4MJZ5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.