{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Cuvier, 1829","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-06-12","CAAB_code":"37326001","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Hashimoto & Motomura (2024) split <i>Priacanthus macracanthus</i> into two species: <i>P. macracanthus</i> is recorded from the eastern Indian and western Pacific oceans, including Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and both eastern and north-western Australia, whereas <i>P. gracilis</i> (CAAB code 37 326007) is only known from eastern Australia (Qld & NSW). The distributions maps for both species currently only include material confirmed from Hashimoto & Motomura 2024, but it is likely both species have broader distributions in Australia.","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>Slope Demersal (200-2000m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Hashimoto, S. & Motomura, H., 2024. A new species of bigeye, <i>Priacanthus gracilis</i> (Perciformes: Priacanthidae), from eastern Australia., <i>Ichthyological Research</i>, Vol. 72, 1: 85-97. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00969-x\">doi:10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00969-x</a>","Parent_Id":37326901,"scientificName":"Priacanthus macracanthus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Perciformes","otherVernacularNames":"red bigeye|bigeye<Trawl Fish Guide>","Reference":"Hashimoto, S. & Motomura, H., 2024. A new species of bigeye, <i>Priacanthus gracilis</i> (Perciformes: Priacanthidae), from eastern Australia., <i>Ichthyological Research</i>, Vol. 72, 1: 85-97. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00969-x\">doi:10.1007&#x25;2Fs10228-024-00969-x</a>","vernacularName":"Spotted Bigeye","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273765","family":"Priacanthidae","standardName":"Spotted Bigeye (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:82a5a161-772c-4b3c-b1ac-bd2b34fe02eb","CAAB_status":"Valid"}