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Lutjanidae
queen snapper
Etelis oculatus
Deep pink body red tail
queen snapper is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Etelis
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, Gulf of Mexico southward through the Caribbean to Sau Paulo, Brazil (Ref. 55 ), including the Fernando do Noronha and Atol das Rocas Islands (Ref. 113956 ).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient

