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The queen snapper (Etelis oculatus), also known as the night snapper or brim snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae.It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, and is the only species in the genus Etelis found outside the Indo-Pacific region.
The currently recognized species in this genus are: [3] Etelis boweni Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & H.-C. Ho, 2021 (Bowen’s snapper) [5] Etelis carbunculus G. Cuvier, 1828 (deep-water red snapper) Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 (deepwater longtail red snapper) Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (queen snapper)
Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water. The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper. Snappers inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans.
Nemadactylus valenciennesi (common names include blue morwong, queen snapper, [2] the queen fish, sea carp or southern blue morwong), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. It is endemic to southern Australia.
Redfish is a common name for several species of fish. [1] It is most commonly applied to certain deep-sea rockfish in the genus Sebastes, red drum from the genus Sciaenops or the reef dwelling snappers in the genus Lutjanus. It is also applied to the slimeheads or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the alfonsinos (Berycidae).
It is also known commonly as the queen croaker. [4] This is the only species in the monotypic genus Seriphus . [ 2 ] A fossil relative, S. lavenbergi , is known from the Late Miocene -aged Puente Formation of the Los Angeles Basin .
Common name Scientific name Image Native Non-native Fresh water Salt water Notes African jewelfish: Hemichromis bimaculatus: African pompano: Alectis ciliaris
juvenile. Macolor macularis has a moderately deep body with a rather convex forehead with a large mouth. The preoperculum has a deep incision on its lower margin. There is a row of conical teeth in the jaws, the ones in the front are enlarged and there are bands of bristle-like teeth on sides of upper jaw and front of lower jaw inside the outer row.