Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862)
Short bigeye
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Pristigenys: Greek, pristis = saw + Greek, genys, -yos = face (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gill.
Etymology: Pristigenys: Greek, pristis = saw + Greek, genys, -yos = face (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gill.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 200 m. Subtropical; 45°N - 5°N, 98°W - 53°W
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Western Atlantic: east coast of North America, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Aside from records from Brazil (which are in error), there are no other records from South America or in eastern Atlantic waters.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)
Found on rocky bottoms between 5 (Ref. 5403) and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial.
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Oviparous (Ref. 39763).
Main reference
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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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2014
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.02239 (0.00924 - 0.05422), b=2.93 (2.72 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 37.6 [16.4, 86.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.654 [0.347, 1.179] mg/100g; Protein = 19.6 [18.4, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.21 [0.12, 0.39] g/100g; Selenium = 22.3 [10.2, 45.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.2 [6.4, 111.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.658 [0.410, 1.015] mg/100g (wet weight); |