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Priacanthus arenatus, Atlantic bigeye : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829

Atlantic bigeye
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Priacanthus: Greek, prion = saw + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

marin récifal; profondeur 10 - 200 m (Ref. 5403), usually 15 - 100 m (Ref. 10786). Subtropical; 44°N - 40°S, 98°W - 34°E

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Tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Bermuda and at least North Carolina, USA (Ref. 5403) southward to northern Argentina (Ref. 3800). Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Namibia. Mediterranean (Ref. 50345). Reports from the Indo-Pacific are misidentifications.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3661); poids max. publié: 2.9 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 14; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 15.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Found on coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 3800). Forms small aggregations near the bottom (Ref. 10786). A nocturnal feeder (Ref. 5521), feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 3800). Most of its prey are larvae. Flesh considered excellent quality; marketed fresh (Ref. 5217).

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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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 31174)





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Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.7 - 27.8, mean 24.7 °C (based on 1098 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.01318 - 0.02189), b=2.90 (2.83 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 1.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.7).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 28.1 [14.5, 65.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.618 [0.355, 1.065] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.262 [0.154, 0.435] g/100g; Selenium = 23.3 [11.3, 45.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.6 [10.0, 94.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.616 [0.409, 0.934] mg/100g (wet weight);


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