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Bigeye
Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829
Also calledAchote (spa) · Alferaz (por) · Alfonsim (por) · Alfonsón (spa) · Alforaz (por) · Alunado (spa) · Atlantic Big-eye (por) · Atlantisk storøjefisk (dan) · Barau-barau laut (msa) · Beauclaire de Roche (fra) · Beauclaire soleil (fra) · Catalana (spa) · Catalucia (spa) · Catalufa (spa)
First described in: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Common names on the specimen (Portuguese / Tupi): “ Olho de Cam ” / None.
The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens
discussion
Comments: This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. Labrus haemophtalmus is an unavailable name, suggesting that Veloso intended to name this species, which was undescribed at the time. There is a lengthy description of this species in the Ichthyologia Fluminensis. There are 112 herborized specimens of Labrus in the Ajuda’s inventory (Ferreira 1794), however, this species cannot be attributed to any name in the transference lists to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences or the University of Coimbra. Nowadays the common name of this species is “ olho-de-cão ”. Priacanthus arenatus occurs in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina to Uruguay (Starnes 2002) and eastern Atlantic from Madeira (Portugal) to Angola (Starnes 2016). Order Moroniformes
The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens
materials_examined
Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO. 0000002 (Fig. 52 a) and MCUC ZOO. 0000060 (Fig. 52 b). Classification on the specimen: “ P. Th. Labrus haemophtalmus ”
The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2375036.