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 hor ...
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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 fam ...
The following species are classified within the genus ''Priacanthus'':
*'' Priacanthus alalaua''
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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 f ...
Priacanthus blochii
''Priacanthus blochii'', the paeony bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Other common names for this species include Bloch's bigeye, blotched bigeye, glass-eye bigeye, shortfin bigeye, silver big- ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Priacanthus fitchi'' Starnes, 1988
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Priacanthus hamrur
''Priacanthus hamrur'', the lunar-tailed bigeye, goggle eye, or moontail bullseye, is a species of marine fishes belonging to the family Priacanthidae.
Distribution
This species is uncommon but widespread in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea an ...
Priacanthus macracanthus
''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 sagittari ...
'' Cuvier, 1829 - Red bigeye
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Priacanthus meeki
''Priacanthus meeki'' is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is a red fish found in the Hawaiian and Midway Islands. It grows to a size of 33 cm in length. Common names are Hawaiian bigeye in Englis ...
Priacanthus nasca
''Priacanthus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), 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 ''Pri ...
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Priacanthus prolixus
''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 sagittari ...
'' Starnes, 1988 - Elongate bulleye
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Priacanthus sagittarius
''Priacanthus sagittarius'', The arrow bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is also observed since 2009, in rare occasions, in the eastern Mediter ...
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Priacanthus tayenus
''Priacanthus tayenus'', commonly known as purple-spotted bigeye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae
The Priacanthidae, the bigeyes, are a family of 18 species of marine ray-finned fishes. " Catalufa ...
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Priacanthus zaiserae
''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 sagittari ...
Priacanthus liui
''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 sagittari ...
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