Pristigenys niphonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; 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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