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Atlantic Bigeye
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Atlantic Bigeye

Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAtlantic Bigeye
DutchGrootoog
SpanishCatalufa ojón
Chinese砂大眼鲷
Scientific namePriacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829

About this species

Priacanthus arenatus, the toro or Atlantic bigeye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Some anglers refer to this fish as "toro snapper", but it is not a snapper, and only distantly related to the fish of the snapper family. It is found across much of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyPriacanthidae
GenusPriacanthus

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