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Deepwater red snapper
Etelis carbunculus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Deepwater red snapper
- Scientific
- Etelis carbunculus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.3 m (fork length); commonly 65 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 90 to 400 m (usually 200 to 350 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A deep-water snapper with a red back and paler pink sides, large eyes and a forked tail, reaching about 1.3 m. It lives over rocky bottoms at 200 to 350 m and is a prized food fish.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Etelis-carbunculus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Etelis_carbunculus_JNC2427_(Lutjanidae).JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.