Deepsea Bigeye

Medium-sized fish. The body is oval; dorsal fin continuous; eyes very large; mouth large and oblique, with the lower jaw projecting upwards. The head and body silvery red or pink; iris of eyes red. The fins are creamy pink; the last 4-5 soft rays of the dorsal and anal fins are clearly white. This species resembles P. macracanthus with a long and narrow preopercular spine, but has less body depth, a narrower caudal peduncle, and fainter yellowish spots on its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins.

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 13 - 14

Found on the continental shelf and continental slope (Ref. 75154).

A deeper water species trawled from relatively open bottoms at depths of 150 to over 400 m.

fisheries: of no interest

分布於印度-西太平洋區，由日本南部至澳洲西北部海域。台灣產於北部及東北部海域。

一般利用底拖網、延繩釣等漁法捕獲。較稀少之種。

體略高，側扁，呈長卵圓形；體最高處位於背鰭起點附近。眼特大，瞳孔大半位於體中線下方。吻短。口裂大，近乎垂直；下頜突出，頜骨、鋤骨和腭骨均具齒。前鰓骨後緣及下緣具鋸齒並具有一枚後向之長強棘。頭及體部皆被有粗糙堅實不易脫落之櫛鱗；側線完全，側線鱗孔數70。背鰭單一，不具深缺，具硬棘X棘，軟條13；臀鰭與背鰭幾相對，具硬棘III，軟條14；背鰭及臀鰭後端圓形；胸鰭短小；腹鰭中長，短於頭長；尾鰭截形。體一致呈鮮紅色，有時腹部呈銀白色；各鰭皆不具暗點；背、臀鰭軟條部後半部乳白色。本種常被誤鑑為大眼鯛(/Priacanthus macracanthus/)。

主要棲息於大陸棚緣150-400公尺深的水域。肉食性，主要以甲殼類及小魚等為主食。