Priacanthus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Priacanthiformes

Familia: Priacanthidae
Genus: Priacanthus
Species: P. alalaua – P. arenatus – P. blochii – P. fitchi – P. hamrur – P. macracanthus – P. meeki – P. nasca – P. prolixus – P. sagittarius – P. tayenus – P. zaiserae
Name

Priacanthus Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817

Gender: Masculine
Type species: Anthias macrophthalmus Bloch, 1792
Type by subsequent designation

Synonyms

Abuhamrur Forsskål, 1775
Bogoda Blyth, 1860
Boops Gronow in Gray, 1854

References

Oken, L. 1817: V. Kl. Fische. Isis (Oken) 8(148): 1779-1782

Links

Priacanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Priacanthus in the World Register of Marine Species
Priacanthus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Priacanthus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names
English: Bigeyes

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.[2]

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 Richardson, 1846 - Purple-spotted bigeye
Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988
† Priacanthus liui Tao, 1993

† means extinct

Priacanthidae

Priacanthus    Priacanthus alalaua     Priacanthus arenatus     Priacanthus blochii     Priacanthus fitchi     Priacanthus hamrur     Priacanthus macracanthus     Priacanthus meeki     Priacanthus nasca     Priacanthus prolixus     Priacanthus sagittarius     Priacanthus tayenus     Priacanthus zaiserae       Cookeolus     Heteropriacanthus     Pristigenys

 
 
Notes

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Priacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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.

References

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Priacanthus. FishBase. 2015.
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