Etelis radiosus

Osteichthyes Lutjanidae Genus Etelis Etelis radiosus
Pale Snapper EEW
32.7 cm SL. Image adapted from: J. Williams, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Characteristic features:
Colour:

Mainly red, paler on lower sides and belly.

Size:

Up to 80 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo-West and Central Pacific in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Rocky bottoms, from 90 to 360 m depth.

Biology:

Feeds primarily on small fishes. Little else is know about its biology or ecology.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught mainly with deep handlines.

Similar species:

Etelis coruscans
Flame snapper

Etelis coruscans

Etelis coruscans differs in having an outer margin of operculum pointed (vs. rounded); a caudal fin deeply forked (vs. lunate with notch in the center of trailing edge); maxilla extending to level with middle of eye (vs. level with posterior eye margin) and 23–28 gill rakers on first gill arch (vs. 32–36).

to Etelis coruscans

Etelis carbunculus
Pacific ruby snapper

Etelis carbunculus

Etelis carbunculus differs in having a caudal fin shallowly forked with no notch present (vs. lunate with notch in the center of trailing edge); maxilla extending to level with middle of eye (vs. level with posterior eye margin) and 17–22 gill rakers on first gill arch (vs. 32–36).

to Etelis carbunculus

Pristipomoides spp.

Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus
Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus

Pristipomoides species differ in having junction between spinous and soft portion of dorsal fin indistinct (vs. junction deeply incised); dorsal fin with 10 spines and 10 soft rays (vs. 10 spines and 11, very infrequently 10, soft rays) and maxilla without scales (vs. with).

to Pristipomoides spp.
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