Deepwater longtail red snapper (Etelis coruscans) is a saltwater species recorded in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia. It is mainly found over reef, at depths of 45–400 m. The main season in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia runs spring, autumn.
Scientific name: Etelis coruscans · Water: Saltwater · Season: Spring, Autumn
Size: up to 120 cm
The deepwater longtail red snapper is a lutjanid whose adults inhabit the rocky bottoms of the continental shelf and slope, in the bottom layer, feeding on small fishes, squid and crustaceans. Its range covers the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa east to the Hawaiian Islands, north to the Sea of Japan and south to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia and Lord Howe Island, with populations off the Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand and in the Marquesas. It lives from 45 to 400 m, usually between 90 and 400 m, and is a deep-water species. In season in autumn, it reaches about 120 cm total length, commonly 50 cm standard length, and lives about twenty years. It is a highly commercial species and a game fish and is occasionally used as bait; its flesh is highly valued and it is marketed fresh and frozen, in the highest price band, with a trophic level of 4.4, moderate to high fishing vulnerability at 45 of 100, and low resilience.
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