Oblique-banded snapper (Pristipomoides zonatus) is a saltwater species recorded in Taiwan, Malaysia. It is found at depths of 70–300 m.
Scientific name: Pristipomoides zonatus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 57.5 cm
The Oblique-banded snapper is a deep-water lutjanid. Adults live over the rocky bottoms of the continental shelf and slope, working the near-bottom and lower mid-water between about 70 and 300 m, and feeding on fishes, shrimps, crabs, cephalopods and a range of benthic invertebrates as well as pelagic organisms including urochordates. Both Taiwan and Malaysia reach them by boat, on the deeper reef slopes. Maximum about 57.5 cm fork length. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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