''Heteropriacanthus'', the glasseyes or glass bigeyes, are a genus of the

bigeye 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 fam ...

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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'' (

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). H.cruentatus can differentiated from the rest of its genus by looking at its caudal and anal fin in which is distinct in colour.

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* Priacanthidae Fish described in 1801 Fish of Hawaii Fish of Palau Fish of the Atlantic Ocean {{Percoidea-stub