Overview
Family : Bigeyes or catalufas ; Occurs in inshore and offshore reefs from less than 20 m to more than 400 m depths. Apparently forms aggregations in open bottom areas and is very abundant in the South China Sea and Andaman Sea. Marketed fresh, whole. Sound production has been studied in this species.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Bikol:
Kuwaw
Common Names in Cantonese:
Chai Mei Muk Min
Common Names in Cebuano:
Baga-Baga, Buan-Buan, Bukaw-Bukaw, Dilat, Mukat, Siga
Common Names in Chavacano:
Kandaman
Common Names in Cotabato Chavacano:
Baga-Baga, Candamaran
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Budlatan, Bulan-Bulan
Common Names in English:
Bigeye, Brownspot Bigeye, Bullseye Perch, Goggle-Eye, Large-Spined Big-Eye, Red Big Eye, Red Bigeye, Red Bigeye Fish, Red Brotulid, Red Bulleseye, Red Bullseye, Short-Tailed Big-Eye, Spotted Bigeye, Spotted-Fin Glasseye, Truncate-Tailed Bigeye
Common Names in French:
Beauclaire Du Pacifique
Common Names in Hiligaynon:
Bukaw-Bukaw, Gasoksukan
Common Names in Ilokano:
Bagsang Ti Kadillian
Common Names in Japanese:
Kintoki-Dai, Kintokidai
Common Names in Korean:
Hong-Ch'i, 홍치
Common Names in Kuyunon:
Baga-Baga, Dilat
Common Names in Magindanaon:
Dilat, Siga
Common Names in Malay:
Gelama, Lolong Bara, San Gaa, Temenggong
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Dà Mù, Duan Wei D, 严公仔, 嚴公仔, 大眼鯛, 大眼鲷, 短尾大眼鯛, 短尾大眼鲷
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Dilat, Siga
Common Names in Other:
Linaw
Common Names in Portuguese:
Fura-Vasos-Do-Pac
Common Names in Russian:
приакант японский
Common Names in Spanish:
Catalufa Del Pac
Common Names in Surigaonon:
Lagat
Common Names in Tagalog:
Dilat, Mata-Hari, Siga
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Baga-Baga, Bukaw, Bukawon
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,875 meters (0 to -15,994 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
s; Occurs in inshore and offshore reefs
from le
()
- Genus:
Priacanthus
()
- Oken, 1817
- Specific name:
macracanthus
- Cuvier, 1829
- Scientific name: - Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829
- Specific name:
macracanthus
- Cuvier, 1829
- Genus:
Priacanthus
(
- Family:
s; Occurs in inshore and offshore reefs
from le
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Priacanthus benmebari Temminck & Schlegel • Priacanthus bleekeri (non Castelnau • Priacanthus junonis De Vis • Priacanthus marcracanthus Cuvier
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 03-May-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Priacanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. alalaua (Forskals´s Big-Eye Fish) · P. altus (Short Bigeye) · P. arenatus (Moonshine Snapper) · P. blochii (Paeony Bulleye) · P. cruentatus (Glasseye Snapper) · P. fitchi (Whitefin Bigeye) · P. hamrur (Bigeye) · Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Long-Finned Bullseye) · P. macracanthus (Bigeye) · P. meeki (Hawaiian Bigeye) · P. niphonius (Japanese Bigeye) · P. prolixus (Elongate Bulleye) · P. sagittarius (Black-Spot Bigeye) · P. serrula (Popeye Catalufa) · P. supraarmatus (Purple-Spotted Big Eye) · P. tayenus (Spotted-Finned Bullseye)
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Further Reading
- A catalog of the fishes known from the waters of Korea / by David Starr Jordan and Charles William Metz. Pittsburgh, : Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1913] url p. 30.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 69, p. 70, p. 71.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 220.
- Check list of the fishes and fish-like animals of New South Wales. SydneyRoyal Zoological Society of New South Wales1922 url p. 49.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 194, p. 262, p. 266, p. 270, p. 280, p. 283, p. 284, p. 285, p. 295, p. 303, p. 304, p. 60.
- Fish and fisheries of New South Wales. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods. Sydney, T. Richards, 1882. url p. 211, p. 35.
- Fishes of Australia: a popular and systematic guide to the study of the wealth within our waters, by David G. Stead. With ten full-page plates and eighty-eight illustrations in the text. Sydney, W. Brooks & Co., 1906. url p. 262.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 30.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 336, p. 349, p. 361, p. 369, p. 39.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 27, p. 358, p. 530, p. 532.
- Supplement to The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon / by Francis Day. London: Williams and Norgate, 1888. url p. 815.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 59.
- The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London, B. Quaritch, 1878-88. url .
- The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 320.
- The marine fishes of Panama. by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand; Wilfred H. Osgood, editor 15 1925 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925 url p. 487.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, SeamountsOnline
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3864698
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29483
- Fishbase Species ID: 356
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14101425
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168186
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 121635
Footnotes
- Mean = -540.140 meters (-1,772.113 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,025.710 based on 529 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
