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> Bigeyes > Cookeolus japonicus
Created 11/28/2021
Family Priacanthidae
CIRCUMGLOBAL
Cookeolus
japonicus
Hawaii
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LONGFIN
BIGEYE
Widespread but rarely captured in Hawaii by handline. Inhabits
deep ledges from 200 to 800 feet. Pectoral fins equal to head depth,
last membrane attached to belly, median fin membranes dark.
(Pectoral membranes torn in this photo.) Attains 24 inches. Worldwide in
warm and temperate seas. Misidentified in old texts as Cookeolus
boops, which is a synonym of
Heteropriacanthus
cruentatus. |
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