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Also known as Gold Band Jobfish or Golden Snapper.

Gold Banned Snappers are deepwater fish inhabiting tropical and sub-tropical waters.   They are characterised by having the last ray of their dorsal and anal fins much longer than the preceding rays, and by the absence of scales on the bases of their dorsal and anal fins.  Pectoral fins are much longer than the snout length.

Gold Band Snapper have 2-3 orange-yellow stripes on their snout and under their eyes and there are thick yellow transverse stripes or markings between their eyes.

Gold Band Snapper are generalised, opportunistic carnivores.  They feed both on the sea floor and in the water column.  Gold band snapper feed on fish, crustaceans (including prawns and crabs) and squid as well as pelagic items such as gastropod molluscs.

Gold band snapper are caught by demersal otter trawling and some semi-pelagic otter trawling.  Also dropline and wire-meshed traps.  The greatest catches are made during early winter (April-June)

Seven trap designs have been used, the most successful being single entrance round traps and arrow traps and Western Australian "D" or square traps.  The traps are baited with oily fish, mostly pilchards.  The traps are set in water 100-140 metres deep and soak times vary from 0.5 to 10 hours - generally shorter during the day and longer overnight.  After hauling, the traps are rebaited and set if catching is going well.2

Droplining hooks are baited with squid, pilchards or cuttlefish.

Gold Band Snapper are generally sold fresh, chilled or frozen wither as whole fish, gilled and gutted fish or fillets.  Trawled Gold Band Snapper fetch lower prices than droplined snapper.

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