Family : Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Japanese bigeye
Fish Name : Pristigenys niphonia
Max size : 27.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5403)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range 80 - 100 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa; southern Japan to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819), western Australia and Queensland. Occurrence in India is questionable.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 10-11. Body bright scarlet with 3-4 narrow pale vertical bars; median fins with narrow black margin; pelvic fins dark red, blackish distally (Ref. 4328).
Biology : Associated with rocky habitats and known from 80 to more than 100 m depth but probably also occurring in shallower water, especially as juveniles. Eggs are pelagic (0.75 mm), small and spherical
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