Priacanthus
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Priacanthus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Priacanthidae, the bigeyes. As of 2012 there are 12 species in the genus.[2]
| Priacanthus | |
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| Priacanthus hamrur | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Priacanthus Oken, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Anthias macrophthalmus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Boops Gronow, 1854 | |
Species
The following species are classified within the genus Priacanthus:
- Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - Alalaua
- Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829 - Atlantic bigeye
- Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853 - Paeony bulleye
- Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988
- Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) - Moontail bullseye
- Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 - Red bigeye
- Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, 1903 - Hawaiian bigeye
- Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988
- Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 - Elongate bulleye
- Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 - Arrow bulleye
- Priacanthus tayenus Richardson, 1846 - Purple-spotted bigeye
- Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988
- † Priacanthus liui Tao, 1993
† means extinct
Cladogram
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