Bowen's Red Snapper
Etelis boweni
- Usual depth237 m
- Water temperature25–28 °C
- Best monthsJune and July
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Etelis boweni, known as Bowen's snapper or giant ruby snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It was discovered in deeper waters in the Indo-West Pacific region by a team of marine biologists from the United States, Spain, and Taiwan. It was named on March 9, 2021, after Brian Bowen, a researcher at the University of Hawaii.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 15 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 84 records
- June: 337 records
- July: 357 records
- August: 63 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 237 m · Deepest record: 237 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bowen's Red Snapper, Bowen's snapper, Giant Ruby Snapper
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Oakamutsu, オオアカムツ
Similar species
Ruby snapperEtelis carbunculus
Flame snapperEtelis coruscans
Pale Ruby SnapperEtelis radiosus
Small toothed jobfishAphareus furca
Green jobfishAprion virescens
Mangrove red snapperLutjanus argentimaculatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 886 open-data records from 2006 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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