Pristigenys niphonia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Pristigenys |
| Species: | P. niphonia
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| Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829)
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Pristigenys niphonia, the Japanese bigeye, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae. It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean.
Distribution[edit]
The Japanese bigeye is found in the western Pacific. Specifically, it is found in the marine waters around: Japan, the East China Sea Shelf, Taiwan, South China Sea, Vietnam, Celebes, Australia, and Indonesia.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A.; Myers, R. (2016). "Pristigenys niphonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69545557A69545864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69545557A69545864.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pristigenys niphonia" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- EOL.org
- Iwatsuki, Y., T. Matsuda, W.C. Starnes, T. Nakabo and T. Yoshino. (2012). "A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862), and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae)". Zootaxa 3206:41-57.
- Starnes, W.C. (1988). "Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae." Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203.
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