WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829) 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.]. page(s): 107 [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecologyecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source
Iwatsuki, Y.; Matsuda, T.; Starnes, W. C.; Nakabo, T.; Yoshino, T. (2012). A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862), and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3206(1): 41., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3206.1.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Nair, R. J.; Geetha, P. M. (2006). First record of the Japanese bigeye Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier & Valenciennes) (Perciforrnes: Priacanthidae) from the Indian seas. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 48 (2). 263-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
Unreviewed
Description Associated with rocky habitats and known from 80 to more than 100 m depth but probably also occurring in shallower waters, especially as juveniles. Eggs are pelagic (0.75 mm), small and spherical. [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pseudopriacanthus niphonius (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristigenys niphonia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudopriacanthus niphonius (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigenys niphonius (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Polyprion japonicus Langsdorf, 1829)
To FishBase images (Pristigenys niphonia, Ryukyu Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2577364) (from synonym Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, 1829)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigenys niphonia USNM 403250 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigenys niphonia USNM 424846 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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