Priacanthidae

Walleye ( Heteropriacanthus cruentatus )

The family of Großaugenbarsche ( Priacanthidae ) consists of four genera and 18 species. They live in the tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

Features

The fish have a high, laterally compressed and often a bright red colored body is covered with very rough scales. The head and the steep upward jaw are very large. Large eye with a light-reflecting layer is a adjust to night activity. The only dorsal fin has ten hard and 11 to 15 soft rays, the anal fin three hard - and 10 to 16 soft rays, the caudal fin rays 16, 14 of which are shared. The inner fin rays of the great, wide front seat pelvic fins are connected to the body by a membrane.

The body length of most species remains below 30 inches, the largest, Cookeolus japonicus is 68 inches long. All Großaugenbarsche feed carnivorous itself. Eggs, larvae and the first juvenile stages are pelagic, older juveniles and adult animals live in rocky and coral reefs.

The fish caught for food purposes.

Species

• Cookeolus Cookeolus japonicus ( Cuvier, 1829).

• Walleye ( Heteropriacanthus cruentatus ) ( Lacépède, 1801).

• Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903.
• Atlantic bigeye perch ( Priacanthus arenatus ) Cuvier, in 1829.
• Bloch's big-eye perch ( Priacanthus blochii ) Bleeker, 1853.
• Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988.
• Indo-Pacific bigeye perch ( Priacanthus hamrur ) Forsskål, 1775.
• Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, in 1829.
• Hawaiian big-eye perch ( Priacanthus meeki ) Jenkins, 1903.
• Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988.
• Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988.
• Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988.
• Priacanthus tayenus Richardson, 1846.
• Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988.

• Pristigenys alta ( Gill, 1862).
• Pristigenys meyeri ( Günther, 1872).
• Pristigenys niphonia ( Cuvier, 1829).
• Glotzaugen perch ( Pristigenys serrula ) ( Gilbert, 1891).