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Pristigenys
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.
The extant species have been classified in the genus Pseudopriacanthus which both Fishbase and the Catalog of Fishes treat as a synonym of Pristigenys, but recent work has argued that they should be separated based on numerous differences in the cranial region and the fins.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Short Bigeye
speciesPristigenys alta
Popeye Catalufa
speciesPristigenys serrula
Whiteband Bigeye
speciesPristigenys niphonia
Pristigenys meyeri
speciesPristigenys meyeri
Blackfringe Bigeye
speciesPristigenys refulgens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91301.