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Pristipomoides filamentosus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Lutjanidae Genus: Pristipomoides Species: P. filamentosus Binomial name Pristipomoides filamentosus - Not to be confused with Red snapper
Pristipomoides filamentosus (also known as crimson snapper, crimson jobfish, Hawaiian pink snapper, and Opakapaka) is a species of snapper[disambiguation needed
] that lives throughout the tropical Pacific, and is especially known for being a food source for people in Hawaii. The skin is light brown, and mature fish usually weigh between 12 and 18 pounds.[1] The Hawaiian language word for several species of the genus Pristipomoides was ʻōpakapaka.[2]References
- ^ "Hawaii Seafood - Pink Snapper". Hawaii Seafood Council web site. http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/wild-hawaii-fish/bottomfish/pink-snapper-opakapaka/. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of Opakapaka ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?j=pk&l=en&q=Opakapaka&d=. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
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