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Priacanthidae
The Priacanthidae, the bigeyes, are a family of 18 species of marine ray-finned fishes. " Catalufa" is an alternate common name for some members of the Priacanthidae. The etymology of the scientific name (, to bite + , thorn) refers to the family's very rough, spined scales. The common name of "bigeye" refers to the member species' unusually large eyes, suited to their carnivorous and nocturnal lifestyles. Priacanthidae are typically colored bright red, but some have patterns in silver, dusky brown, or black. Most species reach a maximum total length of about , although in a few species lengths of over are known. Most members of this family are native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but four species (''Cookeolus japonicus'', ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'', ''Priacanthus arenatus'', and ''Pristigenys alta'') are found in the Atlantic. They tend to live near rock outcroppings or reefs, although a few are known to inhabit open waters. Many ...
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Cookeolus Japonicus
''Cookeolus japonicus'' is a species of fish in the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes and catalufas. It is the only extant species of ''Cookeolus'', except for '' C. spinolacrymatus'', an extinct Late Pliocene fish known from a fossil specimen collected in Okinawa, Japan. ''C. japonicus'' is found throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans, except the East Atlantic. In the Indo-Pacific its distribution extends from South Africa to Japan to Australia, in the eastern Pacific from Mexico to Peru, in the West Atlantic from Canada to Argentina, and at Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. Common names for the fish include longfinned bullseye, deepwater bullseye, big-fin bigeye (English), ''buloog'' (Afrikaans), ''deek'' (Arabic), ''baga-baga'' ( Cebuano), ''bukaw-bukaw'' ( Hiligaynon), ''siga'' ( Tagalog), ''beauclaire longue aile'' (French), ''chikame-kintoki'' (Japanese), ''fura-vasos alfonsim'' (Mozambican Portuguese), and ''catalufa aleta larga'' (Spanish).
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Glasseye
''Heteropriacanthus'', the glasseyes or glass bigeyes, are a genus of the bigeye family found in all tropical seas around the world. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in total length. The glasseyes has been classified in a single species, ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'', but recent morphological and genetic analysis indicates that glasseyes may be better divided into three species: ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' (Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean), ''H. fulgens'' (northeastern Atlantic), and ''H. carolinus'' (Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...). H.cruentatus can differentiated from the rest of its genus by looking at its caudal and anal fin in which is distinct in colour. References External lin ...
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Heteropriacanthus
''Heteropriacanthus'', the glasseyes or glass bigeyes, are a genus of the bigeye family found in all tropical seas around the world. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in total length. The glasseyes has been classified in a single species, ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'', but recent morphological and genetic analysis indicates that glasseyes may be better divided into three species: ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' (Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean), ''H. fulgens'' (northeastern Atlantic), and ''H. carolinus'' (Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...). H.cruentatus can differentiated from the rest of its genus by looking at its caudal and anal fin in which is distinct in colour. References External lin ...
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Heteropriacanthus Cruentatus
''Heteropriacanthus'', the glasseyes or glass bigeyes, are a genus of the bigeye family found in all tropical seas around the world. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in total length. The glasseyes has been classified in a single species, ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'', but recent morphological and genetic analysis indicates that glasseyes may be better divided into three species: ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' (Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean), ''H. fulgens'' (northeastern Atlantic), and ''H. carolinus'' (Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...). H.cruentatus can differentiated from the rest of its genus by looking at its caudal and anal fin in which is distinct in colour. References External lin ...
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Priacanthus Macracanthus (Red Bigeye) From The Philippines
''Priacanthus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. As of 2012 there are 12 species in the genus.Goren, M., et al. (2010)First record of the Indo-Pacific arrow bulleye ''Priacanthus sagittarius'' Starnes, 1988 in the Mediterranean Sea.''Aquatic Invasions'' 5 (Suppl 1), S45-S47. Species The following species are classified within the genus ''Priacanthus'': *'' Priacanthus alalaua'' Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - Alalaua * ''Priacanthus arenatus'' Cuvier, 1829 - Atlantic bigeye * ''Priacanthus blochii'' Bleeker, 1853 - Paeony bulleye * '' Priacanthus fitchi'' Starnes, 1988 * ''Priacanthus hamrur'' ( Forsskål, 1775) - Moontail bullseye * ''Priacanthus macracanthus'' Cuvier, 1829 - Red bigeye * ''Priacanthus meeki'' Jenkins, 1903 - Hawaiian bigeye * ''Priacanthus nasca'' Starnes, 1988 * ''Priacanthus prolixus'' Starnes, 1988 - Elongate bulleye * ''Priacanthus sagittarius'' Starnes, 1988 - Arrow bulleye * ''Priacanthus tayenus'' ...
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Catalufa (other)
Catalufa is the common name for three species of fish belonging to the family Priacanthidae: *''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' *''Priacanthus arenatus'' *'' Pristigenys serrula'' - the popeye catalufa The word ''catalufa'' is also used in several Caribbean countries as the Spanish or French language common name for a number of other Priacanthidae species. The French-speaking islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe also refer to the species ''Rhomboplites aurorubens'' (family Lutjanidae Lutjanidae, or snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine, but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in fresh water. The family includes about 113 species. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapp ...) as a catalufa. Catalufas are also commonly called "bigeyes" (the common name for all Priacanthidae). {{disambiguation, fish Priacanthidae ...
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Cookeolus Spinolacrymatus
''Cookeolus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. It contains one extant species and one extinct species. Species The following species are classified within the genus ''Cookeolus'': *''Cookeolus japonicus'' ( Cuvier, 1829) – Longfinned bullseye *†''Cookeolus spinolacrymatus'' Kon & Yoshino Yoshino may refer to: * Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree * Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy Places * Yoshino, Nara, a town ..., 1997 † means extinct. References Priacanthidae Ray-finned fish genera Marine fish genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Perciformes-stub ...
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Priacanthus Arenatus
''Priacanthus arenatus'', the toro or Atlantic bigeye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Some anglers refer to this fish as "toro snapper", but it is not a snapper, and only distantly related to the fish of the snapper family. It is found across much of the Atlantic ocean. Description The Atlantic bigeye is a small to medium sized perciform fish. Almost all parts of the fish are entirely reddish-orange, including the eyes. The dorsal fin has 10 spines, and 14 rays. The anal fin has 3 spines and 15 rays. Atlantic bigeye are commonly found at around 14 in. The IGFA world record is 50 cm, or about 20", caught in 2001. The eyes of the Atlantic bigeye are large, due to being primarily nocturnal feeders. Atlantic bigeye form small aggregations near the bottom of the ocean at night. Distribution Atlantic bigeye are widely distributed across both the Northern and Southern Atlantic Ocean. It is widely distributed throughout the subtropical and ...
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Cookeolus
''Cookeolus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. It contains one extant species and one extinct species. Species The following species are classified within the genus ''Cookeolus'': *''Cookeolus japonicus'' ( Cuvier, 1829) – Longfinned bullseye *†''Cookeolus spinolacrymatus'' Kon & Yoshino Yoshino may refer to: * Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree * Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy Places * Yoshino, Nara, a town ..., 1997 † means extinct. References Priacanthidae Ray-finned fish genera Marine fish genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Perciformes-stub ...
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Henry Weed Fowler
Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940 and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965. He published material on numerous topics including crustaceans, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but his most important work was on fish. In 1927 he co-founded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and acted as treasurer until the end of 1927. In 1934 he went to Cuba, alongside Charles Cadwalader (president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), at the invitation of Ernest Hemingway to study billfishes, he stayed with Hemingway for six weeks and the three men developed a friendship which continued after this trip and Hemingway sent speci ...
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Ray-finned Fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from ''Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actinoptery ...
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Stephen J
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some c ...
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