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Bloch's Bigeye
Priacanthus blochii
Priacanthus blochii, the paeony bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Other common names for this species include Bloch's bigeye, blotched bigeye, glass-eye bigeye, shortfin bigeye, silver big-eye and goggle eye.
From the article Priacanthus blochii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Priacanthus blochii has a red body and is commonly 40 centimetres (16 in) in length. The lateral line has a line of approximately 15 dark spots. Both the pelvic and median fins are a dusky red colour. At the base of the first 3 pelvic rays, a black spot is present. It can change colour as its mood changes.
Range & habitat
Priacanthus blochii occurs in the waters of southern Africa to French Polynesia. It is found as far south as Australia and north to the southern waters of Japan. It has also been recorded around Easter Island and as well as in the Red Sea.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
Priacanthus blochii was first formally described in 1853 by the Dutch ichthyologist and herpetologist Pieter Bleeker (1819–1874) with the type localities given as Jakarta, Indonesia, Java Sea, eastern Indian Ocean; Sibogha, western Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean; Ambon Bay, Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. The German zoologist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) is mentioned in Bleeker's description several times and it is likely that the specific name honours Bloch.
Wikipedia: “Species description and etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 359893.