Global InformationEtelis boweni information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Genus: | Etelis |
| Species: | E. boweni
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| Binomial name | |
| Etelis boweni Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & Ho, 2021
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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.[1] It was named on March 9, 2021, after Brian Bowen, a researcher at the University of Hawaii.[2][3]
- ^ "New Species of Deepwater Snapper Discovered". Sci-News.org. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Andrews, Kimberly R.; Fernandez-Silva, Iria; Randall, John E.; Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2021). "Etelis boweni sp. nov., a new cryptic deepwater eteline snapper from the Indo‐Pacific (Perciformes: Lutjanidae)". Journal of Fish Biology. Early View (2): 335–344. doi:10.1111/jfb.14720. PMID 33751562. S2CID 232323814. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Newly discovered species of Ehu named after UH biologist". University of Hawaii. Retrieved 3 May 2021.