Pristigenys
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Pristigenys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae. It contains five extant species and one extinct species, P. substriata, which is known from fossils found in the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy.[4]
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| Pristigenys | |
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| Pristigenys alta | |
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| Holotype of P. substriata: MNHN. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Pristigenys Agassiz, 1835[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Chaetodon substriatus Blainville, 1818[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Pseudopriacanthus Bleeker, 1869 | |
The extant species have been classified in the genus Pseudopriacanthus which both Fishbase and the Catalog of Fishes treat as a synonym of Pristigenys,[3] but recent work has argued that they should be separated based on numerous differences in the cranial region and the fins.[4][5]
Species
The following species are classified in the genus Pristigenys:[6][4]
- Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) - Short bigeye
- Pristigenys meyeri (Günther, 1872)
- Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) - Japanese bigeye
- Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes, 1862)
- Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891) - Popeye catalufa
- †Pristigenys substriatus (Blainville, 1818)
