Pristigenys

Genusaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 159293ITIS 168188key worms:159293

2026-08-05: itis_id 168188 via WoRMS external link

Pristigenys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae. It contains five extant species and one extinct species, P. substriata, which is known from fossils found in the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1990 and 2000.R

2
observations: 2
records: 1990–2000
years: 1
datasets

Photo · SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC. · Public domain · commons

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 1 taxon, in the fold below.

Ways inExplorer db-query R Python This page as JSON

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:159293")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

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

Under it 1 taxon

sp Pristigenys serrula Popeye catalufa2

Lineage 11 ranks · Biota to Priacanthidae

Credits silhouette · photo · text

Silhouette · Maddie Gasparro · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Priacanthus hamrur · source
Photo · SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC. · Public domain · commons · source
Text · Wikipedia, “Pristigenys” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354669492

Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF

Wikidata iNaturalist GBIF

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

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