Species: Priacanthus alalaua, Hawaiian bigeye, the Alalaua
pelvic: membranes black
Priacanthus alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Hawaiian bigeye, Alalaua
Body moderately elongate oval, strongly compressed; head profiles asymmetrical, with tip of lower jaw above body midline; no large flat spine at angle of preopercle, its rear edge scaly; rakers on first gill arch 19-23; dorsal rays X, 12-14 (usually 13); anal rays III, 13-14 (usually 14); pectoral rays 17-19 (usually 18); pelvic fins relatively short, usually less than head length, broadly fused to belly; tail with W-shaped rear border; lateral-line scales 65-79; scale rows between lateral line and dorsal fin origin 10-13.
Overall crimson, including fins and iris of eye; membranes of pelvic fin black; no dark spotting on fins.
Size: to 32 cm.
Inhabits rocky bottoms.
Depth: 10-275 m.
Hawaiian Islands and tropical eastern Pacific; in the latter region it is the Revillagigedos Islands and Alijos rocks west of southern Baja.
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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 + water column
- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- TEP non-endemic
- Central + East Pacific (but not West)
- Pacific only (East + Central &/or West)
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 275
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Length Max
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- 32
