Flame Snapper, Etelis coruscans Valenciennes 1862

Other Names: Deepwater Longtail Red Snapper, Flametail, Jobfish, Large-eyed Job-fish, Longtail Red Snapper, Long-tailed Ruby Snapper, Onaga, Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

A Flame Snapper, Etelis coruscans, on Pagan Seamount in the Marianas, June 2016. Source: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

A slender deep pink to reddish jobfish becoming pink below, with pink to reddish fins. The Flame Snapper has a small head, large eyes, and a deeply forked tail with very long upper and lower lobes.

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Flame Snapper, Etelis coruscans Valenciennes 1862

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Distribution	Off the Kimberley, Western Australia to off the Northern Territory, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to at least off Byron Bay, New South Wales; also Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, the Taupo Seamount and off Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific, including around isolated oceanic islands. Inhabits deep coral and rocky reefs.
Features	Dorsal fin X, 11; Anal fin III, 8. Interorbital space flat; maxilla covered with scales. Scales absent from dorsal and anal fin bases. Upper caudal lobe becoming greatly elongated with increased growth. Scale rows on back parallel with lateral line.
Feeding	Feeds on fishes and larger invertebrates including squids, shrimps, crabs and pelagic organisms.
Biology	A relatively slow-growing and late to mature species, maturity at about 5 to 6 years, with a maximum age of at least 18 years. The species spawns during the summer months. Almost nothing is known about the biology or stock status of this species in Queensland waters (Sumpton et al. 2013).
Fisheries	The species an important part of some deep-sea fisheries and is heavily fished in parts of its range. The Flame Snapper is taken in deepwater line fisheries off Queensland.
Species Citation	Etelis coruscans Valenciennes 1862, Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences 54: 1166. Type locality: Ile Bourbon.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Flame Snapper, Etelis coruscans Valenciennes 1862

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