Pale Ruby Snapper
Etelis radiosus
- Usual depth32–223 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsDecember
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement (RBE), F-97420 Le Port, France), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 32–223 m · Deepest record: 230 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pale Ruby Snapper, pale snapper, Pale snapper, Scarlet snapper, Scarlet Snapper, Silver-gilled Red Snapper
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Pargo Escarlata, pargo pálido
- French
- Vivaneau écarlate, vivaneau pâle
- Japanese
- Okuchihamadai, オオクチハマダイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 多耙濱鯛, 多耙紅鑽魚, 多耙红钻鱼, 大口濱鯛, 紅魚
Similar species
Ruby snapperEtelis carbunculus
- Bowen's Red Snapper
Etelis boweni
Flame snapperEtelis coruscans
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 44 open-data records from 1964 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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