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Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Priacanthus: Greek, prion = saw + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien demersaal; diepte 150 - 400 m (Ref. 5403). Deep-water
Western Pacific: southern Japan to northwestern Australia.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 5403)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 10; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 13; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 13 - 14. 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.
A deeper water species trawled from relatively open bottoms at depths of 150 to over 400 m.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Starnes, W.C., 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203. (Ref. 5403)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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