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)

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