Green jobfish

Aprion virescens

Fish

Usual depth8–26 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonCommon

Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

The green jobfish, also known as the gray jobfish, gray snapper, or slender snapper, and in Hawaiian as uku, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. This species inhabits various reef environments at depths from near the surface to 120 metres (390 ft). It is a very important species for local commercial fisheries and is popular as a game fish, though it has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 882 records
February: 284 records
March: 503 records
April: 349 records
May: 513 records
June: 304 records
July: 445 records
August: 853 records
September: 2,605 records
October: 1,093 records
November: 661 records
December: 345 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 8–26 m · Deepest record: 650 m

0–10 m: 794 records
10–20 m: 2,995 records
20–30 m: 1,200 records
30–40 m: 105 records
40–50 m: 61 records
50–60 m: 86 records
60–70 m: 14 records
70–80 m: 10 records
80–90 m: 12 records
90–100 m: 10 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 55 records
24–26 °C: 419 records
26–28 °C: 363 records
28–30 °C: 84 records

Photos

(c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) fletchermoore, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Green jobfish, green jobfish

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: アオチビキ

Other scientific names: Aphareus virescens, Aprion kanekonis, Aprion konekonis, Aprion viresceus, Mesoprion microchir, Sparopsis elongatus, Sparopsis latifrons

Similar species

Small toothed jobfish
Aphareus furca
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.
8,822 open-data records from 1901 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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