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Family: Priacanthidae Bigeyes or catalufas



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21 species (see list below)
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Photo by Steene, R.

Circumglobal in tropical
Max. Length 69 cm NG
Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829)

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Cookeolus japonicus
[Longfinned bullseye]
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Heteropriacanthus carolinus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Atlantic and SW Indian Oc
Max. Length 50.7 cm TL
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801)

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Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
[Glasseye]
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Heteropriacanthus fulgens
[]

Photo by Wozniak, S.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 26 cm SL
Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903

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Priacanthus alalaua
[Alalaua]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Tropical and tropically i
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829

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Priacanthus arenatus
[Atlantic bigeye]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 36.1 cm FL
Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853

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Priacanthus blochii
[Paeony bulleye]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988

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Priacanthus fitchi
[Deepsea bigeye]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Priacanthus hamrur (Fabricius, 1775)

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Priacanthus hamrur
[Moontail bullseye]

Photo by Lai, N.-W.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829

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Priacanthus macracanthus
[Red bigeye]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, 1903

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Priacanthus meeki
[Hawaiian bigeye]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 33 cm NG
Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988

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Priacanthus nasca
[Nasca bigeye]

Photo by Khan, M.M.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988

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Priacanthus prolixus
[Elongate bulleye]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988

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Priacanthus sagittarius
[Arrow bulleye]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Priacanthus tayenus Richardson, 1846

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Priacanthus tayenus
[Purple-spotted bigeye]

Photo by Fisheries Research Institute, Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988

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Priacanthus zaiserae
[Miyake bigeye]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862)

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Pristigenys alta
[Short bigeye]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 22.5 cm SL
Pristigenys meyeri (Günther, 1872)

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Pristigenys meyeri
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 27.4 cm SL
Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829)

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Pristigenys niphonia
[Japanese bigeye]

Photo by Lai, N.-W.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 27.4 cm SL
Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes, 1862)

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Pristigenys refulgens
[Blackfringe Bigeye]

Photo by Amezcua Linares, F.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 34 cm TL
Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891)

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Pristigenys serrula
[Popeye catalufa]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cookeolus japonicus Longfinned bullseye Circumglobal in tropical 69 NG 1829
Heteropriacanthus carolinus Indo-Pacific 1829
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus Glasseye Atlantic and SW Indian Oc 50.7 TL 1801
Heteropriacanthus fulgens Northeastern Atlantic 1838
Priacanthus alalaua Alalaua Eastern Central Pacific 26 SL 1903
Priacanthus arenatus Atlantic bigeye Tropical and tropically i 50 TL 1829
Priacanthus blochii Paeony bulleye Indo-Pacific 36.1 FL 1853
Priacanthus fitchi Deepsea bigeye Western Pacific 18.5 SL 1988
Priacanthus hamrur Moontail bullseye Indo-Pacific 45 TL 1775
Priacanthus macracanthus Red bigeye Western Pacific 30 SL 1829
Priacanthus meeki Hawaiian bigeye Eastern Pacific 33 TL 1903
Priacanthus nasca Nasca bigeye Southeast Pacific 33 NG 1988
Priacanthus prolixus Elongate bulleye Western Indian Ocean 25 SL 1988
Priacanthus sagittarius Arrow bulleye Indo-West Pacific 35 SL 1988
Priacanthus tayenus Purple-spotted bigeye Indo-West Pacific 35 TL 1846
Priacanthus zaiserae Miyake bigeye Western Pacific 25 SL 1988
Pristigenys alta Short bigeye Western Atlantic 30 TL 1862
Pristigenys meyeri Western Pacific 22.5 SL 1872
Pristigenys niphonia Japanese bigeye Western Pacific 27.4 SL 1829
Pristigenys refulgens Blackfringe Bigeye Indo-West Pacific 27.4 SL 1862
Pristigenys serrula Popeye catalufa Eastern Pacific 34 TL 1891



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