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Moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur Short bigeye, Pristigenys alta Paeony bulleye (Priacanthus blochii) from the Red Sea Red bigeye (Priacanthus macracanthus) in a Philippine fish market. The 18 species in four genera are: Genus Cookeolus Fowler, 1928. Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) - Longfinned bullseye †Cookeolus spinolacrymatus Kon ...
The bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is a species of true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. In Hawaiian, it is one of two species known as ʻahi, the other being the yellowfin tuna. [4] Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, but not in the Mediterranean Sea.
At sexual maturity the size of Priacanthus hamrur reaches 18–19 cm (7.1–7.5 in) in males, 19.1–20.0 cm (7.5–7.9 in) in females, [1] but males can reach a maximum length of 45 cm. [2] The body of the Crescent-tail Bigeye is relatively deep, strongly compressed laterally. The eyes are very large and red (even in case of silver livery).
The Atlantic bigeye is a small to medium sized perciform fish. Almost all parts of the fish are entirely reddish-orange, including the eyes. The dorsal fin has 10 spines, and 14 rays. The anal fin has 3 spines and 15 rays. Atlantic bigeye are commonly found at around 14 in. The IGFA world record is 50 cm, or about 20", caught in 2001. [1]
Pristigenys alta, the toro or short bigeye, is a species of fish in the family Priacanthidae. [3] Some anglers refer to this fish as "toro snapper", but it is not a snapper , and only distantly related to the fish of the snapper family.
Priacanthus blochii, the paeony bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. [2] Other common names for this species include Bloch's bigeye, blotched bigeye, glass-eye bigeye, shortfin bigeye, silver big-eye and goggle eye.
The bigeye trevally is commonly found in large slow moving schools during the day, becoming active at night when it feeds, taking a variety of fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and other invertebrates. The fish is known to move from a more crustacean dominated diet as a juvenile to a nearly completely fish dominated diet as an adult.
Priacanthus meeki is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is a red fish found in the Hawaiian and Midway Islands. It grows to a size of 33 cm in length. [2] Common names are Hawaiian bigeye in English and ula lau au in the Hawaiian language. [2]