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Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Pristigenys: Greek, pristis = saw + Greek, genys, -yos = face (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 5 - 100 m (Ref. 9335), usually 25 - 75 m (Ref. 39763). Subtropical; 37°N - 56°S, 123°W - 72°W
Eastern Pacific: Monterey Bay in California, USA along continental shelf to Peru, including Revillagigedo, Cocos and the Galapagos Islands.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763); common length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763)
A shy nocturnal fish that prefers the deeper water around islands. It may be found with squirrelfishes and cardinalfishes but tends to range deeper than they do (76 m). Known to occur at depths of less than 5 to over 100 m in rocky habitats (Ref. 5403).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 15.2 - 26, mean 19.4 °C (based on 58 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02754 (0.01381 - 0.05494), b=2.94 (2.76 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 34.9 [15.1, 83.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.619 [0.321, 1.106] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.5, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.198 [0.109, 0.361] g/100g; Selenium = 19.1 [8.6, 39.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.3 [6.7, 114.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.612 [0.379, 0.942] mg/100g (wet weight);