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CAAB Code:	37 326007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Priacanthus gracilis Hashimoto & Motomura, 2024
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 326 Priacanthidae (Bigeyes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a bigeye]
Organism Type:	a bigeye
Synonyms:	Priacanthus macracanthus (not of Cuvier): Starnes 1988: 169 (in part; Queensland and New South Wales, Australia); Johnson 1998: 281 (Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia).
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 326901 Priacanthus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	326007

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 32 to 382 m.

Taxon Notes:	Previously an obsolete code, so this code has been re-used. Hashimoto & Motomura (2024) split Priacanthus macracanthus into two species: P. macracanthus (CAAB code 37 326001) is recorded from the eastern Indian and western Pacific oceans, including Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and both eastern and north-western Australia, whereas P. gracilis 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.

Record source:	Hashimoto, S. & Motomura, H., 2024. A new species of bigeye, Priacanthus gracilis (Perciformes: Priacanthidae), from eastern Australia., Ichthyological Research, Vol. 72, 1: 85-97. doi:10.1007%2Fs10228-024-00969-x

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