3517 Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) Priacanthidae Bigeyes or catalufas Eupercaria/misc Teleostei Longfinned bullseye Circumglobal in tropical and tropically influenced seas. Indo-Pacific: South Africa to the central Pacific islands, north to Japan and Korea, south to southeastern Australia. Eastern Pacific: Baja California to Peru. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada (Ref. 47377) and New Jersey, USA to probably Argentina (Ref. 11441). Abundant at St. Helena but no substantiated records in eastern Atlantic from the African coastal region or the Canary Islands. Often misidentified as <i>Cookeolus boops</i>, a junior synonym of <i>Heteropriacanthus cruentatus</i> (Ref. 11441). AMNH 13205 Cookeolus japonicus AMNH 26925 Cookeolus japonicus AMNH 34778 Cookeolus japonicus AMNH 79307 Cookeolus japonicus IGFA 19 N 155 W Cookeolus japonicus IGFA 34 N 134 E Cookeolus japonicus IGFA 18 S 45 W Cookeolus japonicus IGFA 18 S 45 W Cookeolus japonicus FB 2735553 27 S 48 W Cookeolus japonicus FB 2735552 24 S 46 W Cookeolus japonicus FB 2735551 12 S Cookeolus japonicus FISH 1801342 23 S 168 E Cookeolus japonicus 230 - 360 m FISH 1801340 23 S 168 E Cookeolus japonicus 280 - 350 m FISH 1801328 23 S 167 E Cookeolus japonicus 240 - 330 m FISH 1801319 24 S 168 E Cookeolus japonicus 230 - 240 m FISH 1801296 24 S 168 E Cookeolus japonicus 230 - 290 m FISH 1801228 24 S 168 E Cookeolus japonicus 230 - 260 m AMNH 34799 1922 Cookeolus japonicus FISH 1557153 1979 Cookeolus japonicus 240 - 300 m CICIMAR-IPN 374 1982 Cookeolus japonicus 5 m CICIMAR-IPN 1441 1984 Cookeolus japonicus 4 m