Scientific Name	Etelis carbunculus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1828	Depth	90 - 400M
Chinese	濱鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	笛鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F370　Lutjanidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	紅鑽魚
Max Length	127 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅雞仔、金蘭(臺東)、大頭(澎湖)、紅魚(澎湖)、肉檨(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Seychelles
Synonyms	Etelis carbonculus, Etelis coruscans, Etelis evurus, Etelis marshi, Eteliscus marshi
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1828 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054534. ASIZP0055893. ASIZP0070770. ASIZP0802577. ASIZP0912577. FRIP21447. FRIP22064. FRIP22360. FRIP22384. NMMBP00152. NMMBP03068. NMMBP06460. NMMBP06461. NTUM06657. NTUM07082.
Common Name	Red snapper; Ruby snapper; Snapper; Ruby-colored snapper fish; Rubby snapper; Queen snapper; Squirrelfish snapper; Deepwater snappers; Jobfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body relatively elongate. Head small, eye large; interorbital space flat; lower jaw slightly projecting; a single row of conical teeth in jaws, usually 1 or 2 pair of enlarged canines anteriorly; maxilla scaled, extending to below middle of eye; vomerine tooth patch narrowly V-shaped; gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch (including rudiments) 11 to 14. Dorsal fin with X spines and 11 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays; pectoral fins with 15 to 17 rays; dorsal and anal fin bases scaleless; caudal fin forked. Scale rows on-back parallel with line. Colour: mainly pink to red, becoming white on lower sides and belly.
habitats	Inhabits rocky bottoms at depths between about 90 and 300 m Feeds on fishes and larger invertebrates such as squids, shrimps and crabs; also takes planktonic organisms, including pelagic urochordates.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean from the Hawaiian Islands to East Africa, and from Australia northward to southern Japan. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	An important food fish, marketed fresh or frozen.