Author: (Bleeker, 1855)
FBname: Lavender jobfish
Comments: Adults are found over rocky bottoms (Ref. 30573); off Guam, caught most abundantly from about 180 to 270 m (Ref. 9821).  They feed mainly on fishes, shrimps, crabs, polychaetes, cephalopods and urochordates.  Marketed mostly fresh.  Caught mainly with bottom longlines and deep handlines.