Heteropriacanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Priacanthidae |
Genus: |
Heteropriacanthus Fitch & Crooke, 1984 |
Species: | H. cruentatus
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Binomial name | |
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (
Lacépède, 1801)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Heteropriacanthus, the glasseyes or glass bigeyes, are a genus of the bigeye family found in all tropical seas around the world. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 50.7 cm (20.0 in) in total length. [2] [3] [4]
The glasseyes has been classified in a single species, Heteropriacanthus cruentatus, [5] but recent morphological and genetic analysis indicates that glasseyes may be better divided into three species: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean), H. fulgens (northeastern Atlantic), and H. carolinus ( Indo-Pacific). [6] H.cruentatus can differentiated from the rest of its genus by looking at its caudal and anal fin in which is distinct in colour. [7]
Heteropriacanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Priacanthidae |
Genus: |
Heteropriacanthus Fitch & Crooke, 1984 |
Species: | H. cruentatus
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Binomial name | |
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (
Lacépède, 1801)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Heteropriacanthus, the glasseyes or glass bigeyes, are a genus of the bigeye family found in all tropical seas around the world. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 50.7 cm (20.0 in) in total length. [2] [3] [4]
The glasseyes has been classified in a single species, Heteropriacanthus cruentatus, [5] but recent morphological and genetic analysis indicates that glasseyes may be better divided into three species: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean), H. fulgens (northeastern Atlantic), and H. carolinus ( Indo-Pacific). [6] H.cruentatus can differentiated from the rest of its genus by looking at its caudal and anal fin in which is distinct in colour. [7]