[3] Under the synonym Aphareus caerulescens David Starr Jordan, John Otterbein Snyder and Shigeho Tanaka designated this species as the type species of the genus Aphareus in 1913, Georges Cuvier had created this genus in 1830 with A. caerulescens as its only member.

[5] Aphareus furca belongs to the tropical snapper and sea perches family, Lutjanidae.

[7] Aphareus furca is found in the Indo-pacific from the south of Hawaii to the Pitcairn Islands, West and East Africa.

Capture of Aphareus furca by spearfishing and handlines or vertical longlines makes it a commonly sought after gamefish.

Hunting and fishing is posing as such a threat for population size that in South Africa bag limits have been implemented to how many can be caught.