346901 Taste, Texture Delicate to mild taste. 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 are generalised, opportunistic carnivores. They feed both on the sea floor and in the water column. Gold band snapper are caught by demersal otter trawling and some semi-pelagic otter trawling. Also dropline and wire-meshed traps. The traps are baited with oily fish, mostly pilchards.