Species Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853
Glasseye, Bloch's Bigeye, Shortfin Bigeye, Silver Big-eye
- Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, P. 1853. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I–VI. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 451-516 [456].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 30583, Jakarta (as Batavia), Sibogha, west Sumatra and Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 5552, Jakarta (as Batavia), Sibogha, west Sumatra and Ambon, Indonesia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Lord Howe Island, NSW (based on specimens in AM), and possibly off-shore reefs off northwest of WA; tropical, Indo-west Pacific (east to Samoa).
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, rock bottom–marine.
Extra Ecological Information
15–30 m.
General References
Starnes, W.C. 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 43(2): 117-203 [162]
Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2599]
Common Name References
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [54] (Silver Big-eye)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [151] (Glasseye)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [136] (Bloch's Bigeye)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Glasseye)
Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2599] (FAO) (Shortfin Bigeye)
History of changes
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15-Nov-2012 | 15-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |