Priacanthus

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

Cladogram

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

References

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Priacanthus. FishBase. 2015.
• Catalogue of Life

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