Species: Cookeolus japonicus, Bulleye, Bigeye, Longfin Bigeye, Longfin Bulleye
soft D & A pointed
Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Bulleye, Bigeye, Longfin Bigeye, Longfin Bulleye
Body a compressed oval; bone before eye with large serrations at front; a large, upturned, oblique mouth with a projecting lower jaw; no spines on the head; preopercle spineless; gill rakers 23-27; fin spines with tiny spines; dorsal fin X, 13-14, spines increasing in length from 1st to last, 10th spine > 2x length of 2nd; anal III, 12-14; soft dorsal and anal fins long and bluntly pointed (except in very large fish); pelvic fins very long, > head length (except in specimens > 35 cm), broadly fused to belly; tail edge W shaped; scales moderate sized, 60-73 in lateral series, 16-20 between dorsal fin origin and lateral line.
Crimson to scarlet red to yellowish red, including fins and iris of eye; pelvic fin membranes dusky to blackish.
Size: attains 68 cm.
Habitat: rocky bottoms.
Depth: generally found in deep water (100-400 m), but occasionally to ~ 40 m.
Circumglobal in tropical seas; Virginia to Argentina.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Water column
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 68
- Depth Range Min
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- 40
- Depth Range Max
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- 400