Priacanthus sagittarius

Priacanthus sagittarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Priacanthidae
Genus: Priacanthus
Species:
P. sagittarius
Binomial name
Priacanthus sagittarius
Starnes, 1988

Priacanthus sagittarius, The arrow bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2] It is also observed since 2009, in rare occasions, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which it most likely entered via the Suez Canal.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A.; Myers, R. (2016). "Priacanthus sagittarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69545545A69545854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69545545A69545854.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Priacanthus sagittarius". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Priacanthus sagittarius). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Priacanthus_sagittarius.pdf
  4. ^ Daniel Golani; Oren Sonin & Dor Edelist (2011). "Second records of the Lessepsian fish migrants Priacanthus sagittarius and Platax teira and distribution extension of Tylerius spinosissimus in the Mediterranean". Aquatic Invasions. 6 (1, supplement): s7 – s11. doi:10.3391/ai.2011.6.S1.002.


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