Priacanthidae

Japanese bigeye

Pristigenys niphonia

Deep Bodied Priacanthid Fish of the South China Sea

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Japanese bigeye is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 27.4 cm.