Species: Etelis oculatus, Queen snapper
uniforme red
flat between eyes
soft D & A not scaled, last ray v elongate
Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Queen snapper
Elongate, fusiform; space between eyes flattened; top jaw moderately protrusible, slips under cheek bone for most of its length when mouth is closed; jaw teeth small, conical, frequently 1-2 pairs of canines at front; front and sides of roof of mouth with small conical teeth; tooth patch on roof of mouth V shaped, rarely almost triangular;16-18 lower gill rakers; dorsal fin X, 11 (rarely 10), deeply notched between spines and rays; anal fin III, 8; last dorsal and anal fin rays longer than rays before them; pectorals long and pointed, slightly <head, 15-17 rays; tail deeply forked; scales medium sized, 47-53 on lateral line; body, cheek and operculum scaly; snout, below eye and lower jaw scale-less; top jaw scaled; dorsal and anal fins scaleless.
Upper head and body red to deep pink, paler pink below; fins pink except spiny dorsal; tail fin red.
Reaches 95 cm.
On rocky bottoms at 100-533 m.
N Carolina to Brazil.
Note: closely related to E carbunculus from the Indo-Pacific, which evidently colonized the Atlantic quite recently.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Extends N + S of GC
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends North of GC
- Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 95
- Depth Range Min
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- 100
- Depth Range Max
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- 533
