Small toothed jobfish
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Small toothed jobfish is also eaten as food in Okinawa.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Small toothed jobfish
- Scientific name
- Aphareus furca
- Japanese name
- イシフエダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lutjaniformes
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Aphareus
A fish that lives on coral and rocky reefs from the Pacific coast of southern Japan to the Ryukyu Islands, and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Basic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan to the Ryukyu Islands, and the Indo-Pacific
Where the Small toothed jobfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イシフエダイ
- 简体中文
- 叉尾鲷
- 繁體中文
- 欖色細齒笛鯛
- Español
- Pargo de boca grande
- Français
- Vivaneau tidents
- Português (Brasil)
- Caranha-de-Bali
- Italiano
- Lutiano denti piccoli
- Русский
- Вильчатый афарей
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イシフエダイChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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