Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus Lacep?de, 1801

Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

The Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) is a marine fish of the family Priacanthidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Silvery pink, mottled red or solid red in color; median fins with faint dark dots. Pelvic fins dusky or pale and without distinct spots. Section of preopercle behind canal striated and without scales.

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Species facts

Scientific name
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Family
Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.7
Common length
20.0
Depth range
3–300 m (10–984 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 300 m, usually 3 - 35 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Circumglobal in tropical and tropically influenced seas. Western Atlantic: continental waters from off Florida to Flower Garden Reef off Texas in the Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean islands and along the coast of South America to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: eastern and mid Atlantic islands from Madeira to St. Helena; not recorded from African continental waters. Indo-Pacific: South and eastern Africa (excluding the Red Sea) eastward in island habitats through the central Pacific. Eastern Pacific: island habitats from off Baja California to the Galapagos; probably uncommon along coast of Mexico, Central and South America, questionably to Chile.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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