bulleye

Cookeolus japonicus

Priacanthid Fish of Coastal Waters

Tropical
Coastal
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
North America
Oceania
South America
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

bulleye is a marine fish of Circumglobal in tropical and tropically influenced seas. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 69 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Priacanthidae
Genus: Cookeolus
Maximum length: 69 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and tropically influenced seas. Indo-Pacific: South Africa to the central Pacific islands, north to Japan and Korea, south to southeastern Australia. Eastern Pacific: Baja California to Peru. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada (Ref. 47377 ) and New Jersey, USA to probably Argentina (Ref. 11441 ). Abundant at St. Helena but no substantiated records in eastern Atlantic from the African coastal region or the Canary Islands. Often misidentified as Cookeolus boops , a junior synonym of Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Ref. 11441 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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