It is a very important species for local commercial fisheries and is popular as a game fish, though it has been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning.

The green jobfish is a robust fish with has an elongate body which is cylindrical in cross-section.

The spiny part of the dorsal fin has black spots at the base of the five rearmost spines.

[5] The green jobfish is a benthopelagic fish of open waters of deep lagoons, channels, or seaward reefs at depths from the surface down to 120 m (390 ft).

[1] The green jobfish was first formally described in 1830 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Seychelles.

[8] The green jobfish is considered to have good quality flesh and is an important part of some subsistence fisheries.