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Priacanthus
Priacanthus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. As of 2026 there are 14 extant species in the genus.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Crescent-tail Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus hamrur
Atlantic Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus arenatus
Priacanthus starnesi
speciesPriacanthus starnesi
Spotted Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus macracanthus
Hawaiian Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus meeki
Arrowfin Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus sagittarius
Bloch's Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus blochii
Purplespotted Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus tayenus
Elongate Bulleye
speciesPriacanthus prolixus
Deepsea Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus fitchi
Nasca Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus nasca
Alalaua
speciesPriacanthus alalaua
Miyake Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus zaiserae
Graceful Bigeye
speciesPriacanthus gracilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 63417.