Small toothed jobfish

About this species

Aphareus furca, the small toothed jobfish, blue smalltooth jobfish, fork-tailed snapper or snapper jobbyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 418 records
February: 1,091 records
March: 1,387 records
April: 1,546 records
May: 840 records
June: 630 records
July: 643 records
August: 462 records
September: 487 records
October: 267 records
November: 82 records
December: 63 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 7–23 m · Deepest record: 302 m

0–10 m: 1,567 records
10–20 m: 4,297 records
20–30 m: 1,540 records
30–40 m: 31 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 6 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 3 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

24–26 °C: 113 records
26–28 °C: 210 records
28–30 °C: 561 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rachel Crane, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Martin Purdy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) norcalmc, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Small toothed jobfish, Bigmouth Snapper, Blue Smalltooth Job, Blue Smalltooth Jobfish, Fork-tailed Snapper Fish, Forktail Snapper, Jobfish, Smallmouth Jobfish, small toothed jobfish, Small-toothed jobfish, Smalltoothed Jobfish, Small-tooth Jobfish, Smalltooth Jobfish, Smalltooth Jobfish, Small toothed jobfish, Snapper Jobbyfish

Names in 5 more languages

Spanish: Pargo boquidulce, Pargo de boca grande
Filipino: Bisugo
French: Aphareus bleuâtre, Lantanier, Latanier, Perche ardoise, Vivaneau à Queue Fourchue, Vivaneau Bleu, Vivaneau tidents, Vivaneau tridents
Japanese: Ishifuedai, イシフエダイ
Simplified Chinese: 叉尾鯛, 叉尾鲷, 小齒藍鯛, 欖色細齒笛鯛

Other scientific names: Aphareus caerulescens, Aphareus flavivultus, Aphareus furcatus, Caranxomorus sacrestinus, Labrus furca

Similar species

Green jobfish
Aprion virescens
Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Twinspot snapper
Lutjanus bohar
Blacktail snapper
Lutjanus fulvus
Humpback snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
Common bluestripe snapper
Lutjanus kasmira

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
8,510 open-data records from 1801 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.