Pristigenys
| Pristigenys | |
|---|---|
_-_GRB.JPG) | |
| Pristigenys niphonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Pristigenys Agassiz, 1835[1] |
Pristigenys is a genus of fish in the family Priacanthidae. It has four described species at present, the first of which was described in 1829. Members of this genus have been found near the ocean surface and at depths of up to 309 m.[2]
Species
- Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) – short bigeye, catalufa de lo alto
- Pristigenys meyeri (Günther, 1872)
- Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829) – Japanese bigeye
- Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891) – popeye catalufa, catalufa semáforo
References
- Nelson, J. S. (1994). Fishes of the World, Third Edition.. xvii + 600. John Wiley and Sons. New York. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
- Starnes, W.C., 1988. "Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae." Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203.