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| Priacanthus | |
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| Priacanthus hamrur | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Priacanthus Oken, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Anthias macrophthalmus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Boops Gronow, 1854 | |
Priacanthus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. As of 2026 there are 14 extant species in the genus.[2][3]
Species
[edit]The following species are classified within the genus Priacanthus:
- Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - Alalaua
- Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829 - Atlantic bigeye
- †Priacanthus artus Danil'chenko, 1980
- Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853 - Paeony bulleye
- Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988
- †Priacanthus fortis Danil'chenko, 1980
- Priacanthus gracilis Hashimoto & Motomura, 2024
- Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) - Moontail bullseye
- †Priacanthus liui Tao, 1993
- †Priacanthus longispinus Lednev, 1914
- Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 - Red bigeye
- Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, 1903 - Hawaiian bigeye
- Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988
- †Priacanthus pietrensis Ciobanu, 1977
- Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 - Elongate bulleye
- †Priacanthus robustus Bogatsov, 1933
- Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 - Arrow bulleye
- †Priacanthus spinosus Weiler, 1938
- Priacanthus starnesi Hashimoto & Motomura, 2026
- Priacanthus tayenus Richardson, 1846 - Purple-spotted bigeye
- Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988
† means extinct
Cladogram
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Priacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Priacanthus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- ↑ Goren, M.; et al. (2010). "First record of the Indo-Pacific arrow bulleye Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 in the Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). Aquatic Invasions. 5 (Suppl 1): S45–S47.
"Priacanthus Oken 1817 (ray-finned fish)". Paleobiology Database. US National Science Foundation.
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