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Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Priacanthidae

Bigeyes

WoRMS 125555ITIS 168176GBIF 8593key worms:125555
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2026-08-05: itis_id 168176 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Maddie Gasparro · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Priacanthus hamrur

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Priacanthidae
Photo · Tony Strazzari · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The Priacanthidae, the bigeyes, are a family of 18 species of marine ray-finned fishes. "Catalufa" is an alternate common name for some members of the Priacanthidae. The etymology of the scientific name refers to the family's very rough, spined scales.W CalCOFI holds 6 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2002, as larva, across 2 taxa under it.R

6
observations
6
records
4
sampling events
1959–2002
years
1
datasets
1
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4 obs · 4 events · 1959–2002 · larva
    name used: Priacanthidae Bigeyes · code 440

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125555%22