Longfinned bullseye (Cookeolus japonicus)

Species facts

Scientific name

Cookeolus japonicus

Family

Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)

Order

Perciformes (Perch-like fish)

Class

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)

Maximum length

68.0

Common length

30.0

Depth range

40–400 m (131–1312 ft)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 40 - 400 m, usually 165 - 200 m

Climate

Subtropical

Distribution

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 and New Jersey, USA to probably Argentina. Abundant at St. Helena but no substantiated records in eastern Atlantic from the African coastal region or the Canary Islands. Often misidentified as Cookeolus boops, a junior synonym of Heteropriacanthus cruentatus.

Conservation status (IUCN)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=9)