''Pristigenys niphonia'', the Japanese bigeye, is a

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of marine

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in the

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Priacanthidae. It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean.

Distribution

The Japanese bigeye is found in the western Pacific. Specifically, it is found in the marine waters around:

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, the East China Sea Shelf,

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, South China Sea,

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, Celebes,

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References

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* Iwatsuki, Y., T. Matsuda, W.C. Starnes, T. Nakabo and T. Yoshino. (2012). "A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862), and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae)". ''Zootaxa'' 3206:41-57. * Starnes, W.C. (1988). "Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae." Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203. niphonia Fish described in 1829 Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Percoidea-stub