Average length 30-50 cm, average weight 1-1.5 kg. Brilliant scarlet above, sides red with silver tinge. Large scales, large eye, tail deeply forked. Body more slender and smoother than the related red snapper which has rough scales with coarse spines on their margins. Alfonsino is widely dispersed around New Zealand at depths of 200-800 m but is common only in some locations and is nowhere abundant. Caught mainly by trawling. Resource size unknown but possibly moderate.
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