© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Priacanthus alalaua Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Priacanthus see all kinds   •  1 thumbnail  •  slide show Kinds Priacanthus alalaua, Alalaua Priacanthus arenatus, Atlantic Bigeye Priacanthus blochii, Glasseye Priacanthus fitchi, Deepsea Bigeye Priacanthus hamrur, Lunartail Bigeye Priacanthus macracanthus, Spotted Bigeye Priacanthus meeki, Hawaiian Bigeye Priacanthus nasca Priacanthus prolixus, Elongate Bulleye Priacanthus sagittarius, Arrowfin Bigeye Priacanthus tayenus, Purplespotted Bigeye Priacanthus zaiserae, Yellowfin Bigeye español Overview Main identification features red preopercle: no spine, rear edge scaly rear of pelvics black PRIACANTHUS BIGEYES Body moderately elongate oval, strongly compressed; head profile asymmetrical, with tip of lower jaw above or below body midline; preopercular spine almost absent in adults (of eastern Pacific species); dorsal fin with X spines, increasing in size to rear, last longest but<2X length of 2nd; tail straight (in eastern Pacific species); pelvic fins of moderate length; scales small, 56-115 in lateral series, present on rear of operculum. A circumtropical genus with 12 species; one species occurs in the tropical eastern Pacific and Hawaii. References Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332. Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1903., Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands., Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., 22:161-208. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-05-26 08:31:33 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation