Author: Allen & Talbot, 1985
FBname: Samoan snapper
Remark: Type locality: northeast of Apolima I., Western Samoa
Comments: Adults inhabit offshore reefs.  Also deep coastal muddy reef slopes with reef outcrops and often on shipwrecks in depth over 20 m.  Seen singly or in small aggregations (Ref. 48635).  Occasionally seen at depths of 10-20 m (Ref. 90102).