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Etelis
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Etelis

Etelis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. They are mostly native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with one species (E. oculatus) native to the western Atlantic Ocean.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Queen Snapper

speciesEtelis oculatus

Flame Snapper

speciesEtelis coruscans

Ruby Snapper

speciesEtelis carbunculus

Pale Ruby Snapper

speciesEtelis radiosus

Bowen's snapper

speciesEtelis boweni

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88257.