Pristigenys niphonia

Pristigenys niphonia, the Japanese bigeye, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae. It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean.

Pristigenys niphonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Priacanthidae
Genus: Pristigenys
Species:
P. niphonia
Binomial name
Pristigenys niphonia
(Cuvier, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
  • Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829
  • Pseudopriacanthus niphonia (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Pseudopriacanthus niphonius (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Polyprion japonicus Langsdorf, 1829

Distribution

The Japanese bigeye is found in the western Pacific. Specifically, it is found in the marine waters around: Japan, the East China Sea Shelf, Taiwan, South China Sea, Vietnam, Celebes, Australia, and Indonesia.[2]

References
  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Pristigenys niphonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69545557A69545864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69545557A69545864.en. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pristigenys niphonia" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  • EOL.org
  • Iwatsuki, Y., T. Matsuda, W.C. Starnes, T. Nakabo and T. Yoshino. (2012). "A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862), and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae)". Zootaxa 3206:41-57.
  • Starnes, W.C. (1988). "Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae." Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203.


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