Bowen's snapper

Etelis boweni has a fusiform, orange red body that gradually becomes pink midway down its body and silvery white on its underbelly. E. boweni is similar to Etelis carbunculus, but has several key differences. E. boweni has a much larger adult body size at nearly twice the size as E. carbunculus. E. boweni also has a protruding lower jaw, black tip on the top of the tail fin and larger snout length than that of E. carbunculus.

Etelis boweni has been collected from the Red Sea and Western Australia. Genetic samples of E. boweni have also been collected from Seychelles, Christmas Island, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Although the distribution of E. boweni' is largely sympatric with that of E. carbunculus, E. boweni is unlikely to be found in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Etelis boweni has been found at depths from 209-319m.