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Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853

Paeony bulleye
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Priacanthus: Greek, prion = saw + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 15 - 30 m (Ref. 9710), usually 25 - ? m (Ref. 30573). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Aden to Samoa, north to the Philippines and south to the Great Barrier Reef. Often confused with the wide-ranging Priacanthus hamrur. Reports from Taiwan are misidentifications of Priacanthus sagittarius (in Lee, 1980) and Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (in Shen, 1984).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.1 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125599); max. published weight: 403.00 g (Ref. 125599)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16. Variable from plain reddish-brown to a silvery, with red blotches or bands. Can change quickly with mood (Ref. 48635).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs, under ledges or in caves by day (Ref. 9710); often silty habitat (Ref. 48635). Solitary or in small groups (Ref 90102). Rarely trawled (Ref. 30573).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.2 - 28.5, mean 27.3 °C (based on 108 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02818 (0.01426 - 0.05571), b=2.92 (2.74 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.7 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 to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 58.9 [30.2, 97.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.632 [0.367, 1.021] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.071, 0.176] g/100g; Selenium = 32.1 [18.8, 59.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 43.8 [13.1, 142.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.965 [0.659, 1.400] mg/100g (wet weight);