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Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Pristigenys: Greek, pristis = saw + Greek, genys, -yos = face (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 100 - 200 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
Western Pacific: thus far recorded from Japan, South China Sea, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Samoa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5403)
All specimens have been collected in rocky areas at 100-200 m depth.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Starnes, W.C., 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203. (Ref. 5403)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 17 - 23.4, mean 20.3 °C (based on 63 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.00933 - 0.05373), b=2.93 (2.73 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 82.3 [49.1, 138.4] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.709 [0.462, 1.221] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.3 [18.3, 20.4] % ; Omega3 = 0.148 [0.094, 0.233] g/100g ; Selenium = 30.6 [16.7, 58.9] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 51.8 [17.0, 160.2] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.17 [0.79, 1.72] mg/100g (wet weight);