21 Species in Family Priacanthidae
Nominal species list for Priacanthidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) Longfinned bullseye
Heteropriacanthus carolinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801) Glasseye
Heteropriacanthus fulgens (Lowe, 1838)
Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Alalaua
Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829 Atlantic bigeye
Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853 Paeony bulleye
Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988 Deepsea bigeye
Priacanthus hamrur (Fabricius, 1775) Moontail bullseye
Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 Red bigeye
Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, 1903 Hawaiian bigeye
Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988 Nasca bigeye
Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 Elongate bulleye
Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 Arrow bulleye
Priacanthus tayenus Richardson, 1846 Purple-spotted bigeye
Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988 Miyake bigeye
Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) Short bigeye
Pristigenys meyeri (Günther, 1872)
Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) Japanese bigeye
Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes, 1862) Blackfringe Bigeye
Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891) Popeye catalufa
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