Arrow bulleye

Priacanthus sagittarius

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth13–687 m
Water temperature-1–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, October, and December
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Priacanthus sagittarius, The arrow bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is also observed since 2009, in rare occasions, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which it most likely entered via the Suez Canal.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 3 records
March: 4 records
April: 5 records
May: 3 records
June: 2 records
July: 5 records
August: 2 records
September: 5 records
October: 6 records
November: 5 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 13–687 m · Deepest record: 687.2 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 3 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–30 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 20 records

Names and classification

English: Arrow bulleye, Arrowfin Bigeye, Robust Bigeye

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: Minamikintoki, ミナミキントキ
Thai: ปลาตาหวานครีบสูง
Simplified Chinese: 嚴公仔, 紅目鰱, 高背大眼鯛

Similar species

Goggle-eye
Priacanthus hamrur
Purplespot Bigeye
Priacanthus tayenus
Red bigeye
Priacanthus macracanthus
Silver big-eye
Priacanthus blochii
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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
134 open-data records from 1947 to 2022.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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