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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Priacanthus: Greek, prion = saw + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 10 - 200 m (Ref. 5403), usually 15 - 100 m (Ref. 10786). Subtropical; 44°N - 40°S, 98°W - 34°E

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Tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Bermuda and at least North Carolina, USA (Ref. 5403) southward to northern Argentina (Ref. 3800). Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Namibia. Mediterranean (Ref. 50345). Reports from the Indo-Pacific are misidentifications.

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3661); peso máximo publicado: 2.9 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 14; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 15.

Found on coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 3800). Forms small aggregations near the bottom (Ref. 10786). A nocturnal feeder (Ref. 5521), feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 3800). Most of its prey are larvae. Flesh considered excellent quality; marketed fresh (Ref. 5217).

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Starnes, W.C., 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203. (Ref. 5403)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 31174)

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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.7 - 27.8, mean 24.7 °C (based on 1098 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.01323 - 0.02181), b=2.90 (2.83 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Generation time: 1.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.7).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 28.1 [14.5, 65.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.618 [0.355, 1.065] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.262 [0.154, 0.435] g/100g; Selenium = 23.3 [11.3, 45.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.6 [10.0, 94.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.616 [0.409, 0.934] mg/100g (wet weight);

Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829