Red bigeye

Priacanthus macracanthus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth15–148 m
Water temperature16–29 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and August
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 30 records
February: 38 records
March: 82 records
April: 141 records
May: 127 records
June: 94 records
July: 36 records
August: 106 records
September: 58 records
October: 98 records
November: 72 records
December: 16 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–148 m · Deepest record: 454.5 m

0–10 m: 24 records
10–20 m: 116 records
20–30 m: 113 records
30–40 m: 60 records
40–50 m: 26 records
50–60 m: 107 records
60–70 m: 36 records
70–80 m: 90 records
80–90 m: 14 records
90–100 m: 9 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110+ m: 169 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 9 records
20–22 °C: 94 records
22–24 °C: 214 records
24–26 °C: 22 records
26–28 °C: 108 records
28–30 °C: 33 records

Names and classification

English: Red bigeye, Bigeye, Bigeye snapper, Brownspot Bigeye, Bullseye Perch, Large-spined Big-eye, red bullseye, Spotted Big-eye, Spotted Bigeye, Spottedfin Bigeye, Spotted-fin Glasseye

Names in 4 more languages

French: Beauclaire du Pacifique
Japanese: Kintokidai, キントキダイ
Korean: 홍치
Simplified Chinese: 嚴公仔, 大棘大眼鯛, 短尾大眼鯛, 紅目鰱

Other scientific names: Priacanthus benmebari, Priacanthus junonis, Priacanthus macrocanthus, Priacanthus marcracanthus

Similar species

Goggle-eye
Priacanthus hamrur
Purplespot Bigeye
Priacanthus tayenus
Silver big-eye
Priacanthus blochii
Arrow bulleye
Priacanthus sagittarius
Glasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Japanese bigeye
Pristigenys niphonia

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,379 open-data records from 1829 to 2018.

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