sharptooth jobfish
Pristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pristipomoides typus, also known as the sharptooth jobfish, white snapper, white jobfish, goldband snapper or threadfin snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Wikipedia contributors, Pristipomoides typus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:32:14.339877+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1852
- Common name
- sharptooth 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 typus Bleeker, 1852
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 |
| Crimson jobfishPristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Pristispomoides typus Bleeker, 1852 Bleeker, 1852 | 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.
- Bleeker, P. (1852). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental I - IV. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandsch Indië, 3 (4): 569–608. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:4MJZJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.