Etelis boweni Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & Ho, 2021
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Etelis boweni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:29:31.878272+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Etelis boweni Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & Ho, 2021
- Name authority
- Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & Ho, 2021
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Etelis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLutjanidae Gill, 1861
- genusEtelis Cuvier, 1828
- speciesEtelis boweni Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & Ho, 2021
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Etelis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| flame snapperEtelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etelis radiosus Anderson, 1981 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ruby snapperEtelis carbunculus Cuvier, 1828 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| queen snapperEtelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828) | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Andrews, K. R.; Fernandez‐Silva, I.; Randall, J. E.; Ho, H. (2021). Etelis boweni sp. nov., a new cryptic deepwater eteline snapper from the Indo‐Pacific (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14720 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D5CLL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.