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Genus: Ostichthys: Species: O. trachypoma. Binomial name; ... The average length of the bigeye soldierfish as an unsexed male is about 20 cm or about 7.8 in. They are ...
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]
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).
Fifteen species in this genus are recognized: Ostichthys acanthorhinus J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (spiny-snout soldierfish); Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) (straight-head soldierfish)
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 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. It is found across much of the Atlantic Ocean.
Amberjack (genus Seriola) American sole (family Achiridae) Amur pike; Anchovy (family Engraulidae) Anemonefish (subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae) Angelfish (numerous unrelated taxa, including family Pomacanthidae, family Squatinidae, genus Pterophyllum, the Atlantic pomfret, the Atlantic spadefish, and the cave angelfish)
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.