Lunartail Bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal 1775)
Other Names: Black-spot Big-eye, Crescent-tail Bigeye, Crescent-tail Big-eye, Crescent-tailed Bigeye, Lunar-tailed Bigeye, Lunar-tailed Glasseye, Moontail Bullseye
A Lunartail Bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur, at South Solitary Island, New South Wales. Source: Ian V. Shaw / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
An entirely red bigeye sometimes with indistinct darker spots along the lateral line, and a distinctly crescent-shaped or convex tail. The species is able to rapidly change to silvery pink with about six reddish bars or large spots along the side.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Priacanthus hamrur in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4462
Lunartail Bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal 1775)
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Distribution |
Houtman Abrohlos, Western Australia, around the tropical north to Shellharbour, New South Wales, including Coral Sea Islands, Queensland; also the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific: Red Sea & South Africa, east to the Marquesas and Gambier Islands, north to southern Japan, New Caledonia and Tonga. Inhabits outer reef slopes, deep lagoon pinnacles and more sheltered areas, sometimes sheltering beneath ledges or near coral heads during the day. Individuals form small aggregations or sometimes large schools around in oceanic areas. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin X,13-15; Anal fin III, 13-15; Pectoral fin 17-19; Lateral-line scales 69-77; Gill rakers 3-5 + 14-17. Body depth 2.5-2.9 in SL, body strongly compressed laterally; mouth oblique, upturned, end of lower lip above midline of body; preopercular spine very short, inconspicuous in adults. Caudal fin distinctly crescent-shaped; dorsal fin angular posteriorly with the soft-rayed portion taller than the spinous part. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and other small invertebrates. |
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Fisheries |
Taken in a mixed-species fisheries in parts of its range. |
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Etymology |
Hamrur is the Arabic name for this species in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, which is the type locality. |
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Species Citation |
Sciaena hamrur Forsskål 1775. Descriptiones Animalium : 45. Type locality: Djedda, Red Sea. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Lunartail Bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal 1775)
References
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Starnes, W.C. 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 43(2): 117-203 See ref online
Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
