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Common names: Bigeye, Laqué noir
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 3229.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mb.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bouchon-Navaro, Y. and M. Louis, 1986
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Beauclaire de roche, Rock bullseye, Glasseye snapper, ... more

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Heteropriacanthus: Greek, heteros = other + Greek, prion = saw + greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 300 m (Ref. 27000), usually 3 - 35 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical; 33°N - 32°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Atlantic and SW Indian Ocean: restricted. Former circumglobal distribution now accounted to former synonyms H. carolinus (widespread in the Indo-Pacific region) and H. fulgens (northeastern Atlantic Ocean).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.7 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9990); common length : 20.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763); poids max. publié: 2.7 kg (Ref. 9990)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 13; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 13 - 14. Silvery pink, mottled red or solid red in color; median fins with faint dark dots. Pelvic fins dusky or pale and without distinct spots (Ref. 4328). Section of preopercle behind canal striated and without scales (Ref. 26938).

Common in lagoon and seaward reefs, primarily around islands. Under or near ledges by day (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Juvenile pelagic (Ref. 9335). Nocturnal (Ref. 5213), feeding mainly on octopi, pelagic shrimp, stomatopods, crabs, small fish, and polychaetes. Solitary (Ref. 5213). During the day usually occurs singly or in small groups but at dusk it may gather in large numbers (Ref. 37816). Known to produce sound. Marketed fresh (Ref. 3800). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.

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Fernandez-Silva, I. and H.-C. Ho, 2017. Revision of the cicrumtropical glasseye fish Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Perciformes: Priacanthidae), with resurrection of two species. Zootaxa 4273(3):341-361. (Ref. 115564)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 29, mean 27.4 (based on 2452 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01622 (0.01014 - 0.02593), b=2.88 (2.75 - 3.01), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801)