Pristipomoides typus (Bleeker, 1852)

Ray, Dipanajan, Mohapatra, Anil, Mishra, S. S., Yennawar, Prasanna & Ghorai, Narayan, 2017, Snappers (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) of West Bengal coast with eight new records and a key for their identification, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 39-48 : 44

Pristipomoides typus (Bleeker, 1852)

(Sharptooth Jobfish)

1852. Pristipomoides typus Bleeker, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned. Indië , 3: 575 ( Sibogha , Sumatra) .

1904. Pristipomoides typus : Allen, FAO Fish. Synop., (125) 6: 154, pl. 27, Figure 99.

Material examined: MARC /ZSI/F 2882, 1 ex., 87 mm SL, Digha Mohona, 07.02.2013, Coll. D. Ray.

Diagnosis: D X, 11; A III, 8; P 16; V I, 5; LL 51; GR 15. Body elongate and robust, its depth 3.29 in SL; HL 2.9 in SL; interorbital space flat and 3.92 in HL; eye 3.69 in HL and snout 2.95 in HL; mouth slightly oblique, jaw sub equal with an outer row of conical teeth, in front of which are canine teeth and an inner band of villiform teeth; vomerine tooth patch triangular; palatine teeth absent; maxillary reaching almost to below middle of eye. Six transverse rows of scales on preoperculum. Suborbital with is 6 mm. Dorsal spine moderate, 5 th longest; First anal spine half length of second, which is as strong and as long third spine; last dorsal and anal ray produced; pectoral fin pointed; caudal fin deeply forked with pointed lobes.

Colour: Body red, more deep in upper part and pale in lower part; all fins yellowish, dorsal fin with wavy yellow lines. Golden band absent on snout and cheek; top of head with longitudinal vermiculated lines.

Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea. Western Pacific: New Guinea to Sumatra, north to the Ryukyu Islands; also in Australia (Froece and Pauly, 2013). In Indian coast this species was reported from Tamil Nadu ( Varghese et al, 2011), Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Rajan, 2001); Kerala ( James et al., 1994).