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The popeye catalufa (Pristigenys serrula), also known as the bigeye soldierfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. [2] This fish has an overall dusky orange to red colour with white markings. The dorsal fin appears feathery while rest of fins have black margins. [3]
Catalufa is the common name for three species of fish belonging to the family Priacanthidae: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus; Priacanthus arenatus; Pristigenys serrula - the popeye catalufa; The word catalufa is also used in several Caribbean countries as the Spanish or French language common name for a number
The Priacanthidae, the bigeyes, are a family of 18 species of marine ray-finned fishes."Catalufa" is an alternate common name for some members of the Priacanthidae.The etymology of the scientific name (prioo-, to bite + akantha, thorn) refers to the family's very rough, spined scales.
Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863 Priacanthus arenatus , the toro or Atlantic bigeye , is a species of marine ray finned fish , a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae . 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.
Pristigenys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae.It contains five extant species and one extinct species, P. substriata, which is known from fossils found in the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy.
Cookeolus japonicus is a species of fish in the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes and catalufas. It is the only extant species of Cookeolus, [1] except for C. spinolacrymatus, an extinct Late Pliocene fish known from a fossil specimen collected in Okinawa, Japan. [2] C. japonicus is found throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans, except ...
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.
The rock beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), also known as corn sugar, coshubba, rock beasty, catalineta, and yellow nanny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.