silver big-eye
Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Priacanthus blochii, the paeony bulleye, is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. Other common names for this species include Bloch's bigeye, blotched bigeye, glass-eye bigeye, shortfin bigeye, silver big-eye and goggle eye.
Wikipedia contributors, Priacanthus blochii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:18:28.397315+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1853
- Common name
- silver big-eye
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Priacanthidae
- Genus
- Priacanthus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyPriacanthidae Günther, 1859
- genusPriacanthus Oken, 1817
- speciesPriacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Priacanthus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| bigeyePriacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red bigeyePriacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, 1903 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priacanthus tayenus Richardson, 1846 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hawaiian bigeyePriacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| goggle-eyePriacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988 | PriacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I-VI. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandsch Indië, v. 4 (no. 3): 451–516. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4MBW6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.