Etelis

Etelis
	Etelis carbunculus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Lutjanidae
Subfamily:	Etelinae
Genus:	Etelis; G. Cuvier, 1828
Type species
	Etelis carbunculus; G. Cuvier, 1828
Synonyms
	Elastoma Swainson, 1839; Hesperanthias R. T. Lowe, 1843; Macrops A. M. C. Duméril, 1856; Etelinus D. S. Jordan, 1911; Erythrobussothen A. E. Parr, 1933;

Etelis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. They are mostly native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with one species (E. oculatus) native to the western Atlantic Ocean.

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