Etelis

Etelis
Etelis carbunculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Genus: Etelis
G. Cuvier, 1828
Type species
Etelis carbunculus
G. Cuvier, 1828
Synonyms
  • Elastoma Swainson, 1839
  • Hesperanthias R. T. Lowe, 1843
  • Macrops A. M. C. Duméril, 1856
  • Etelinus D. S. Jordan, 1911
  • Erythrobussothen A. E. Parr, 1933

Etelis is a genus of snappers mostly native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with one species (E. oculatus) native to the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Etelis carbunculus G. Cuvier, 1828 (deep-water red snapper)
  • Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 (deepwater longtail red snapper)
  • Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (queen snapper)
  • Etelis radiosus W. D. Anderson, 1981 (pale snapper)

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Etelis in FishBase. December 2013 version.


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