Family : Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Elongate bulleye
Fish Name : Priacanthus prolixus
Max size : 25.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5403)
Environment : demersal ; depth range 35 - 250 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance :
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Most specimens trawled over presumably relatively open bottom
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Starnes, W.C.. 1988. (Ref. 5403)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses