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Priacanthidae
Purple-spotted bigeye
Priacanthus tayenus
Thirty Five Centimeters Priacanthid Fish from Taiwanese Waters
- Purple
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Purple
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumPurple-spotted bigeye is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 35 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Priacanthidae
- Genus
- Priacanthus
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to the western coast of India, eastward to the Pacific, where it occurs from Taiwan southward to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and northern Queensland, Australia (Ref. 3414 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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