Arrow bulleye

Priacanthus sagittarius

Fish Reaching Thirty Five Centimeters in the Red Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Priacanthidae
Genus: Priacanthus
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Reunion to Japan, northern Australia and Samoa. Mediterranean (Ref. 96612 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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