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Lutjanidae
flame snapper
Etelis coruscans
Lutjanid Fish of Indo Pacific
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Large
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
Largeflame snapper is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 120 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Etelis
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa eastward to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Sea of Japan, south to Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) and Lord Howe Island; off Kermadec Islands, northeast of New Zealand (Ref. 9821 ). Reported from the Marquesas (Ref. 114223 ). The name Etelis carbunculus has been misapplied to this species by some previous authors.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
