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Priacanthidae
silver big-eye
Priacanthus blochii
Priacanthid Fish beneath Indo Pacific
- Silver
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Silver
Tropical
East Asia
Deep-bodied
Mediumsilver big-eye is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 36.1 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Priacanthidae
- Genus
- Priacanthus
- Maximum length
- 36.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Aden to Samoa, north to the Philippines and south to the Great Barrier Reef. Often confused with the wide-ranging Priacanthus hamrur . Reports from Taiwan are misidentifications of Priacanthus sagittarius (in Lee, 1980) and Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (in Shen, 1984).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
