Sealife guideThe Priacanthidae familyThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Atlantic bigeye
(Priacanthus arenatus)
(Priacanthus arenatus)

Common bigeye
(Priacanthus hamrur)
(Priacanthus hamrur)

Glasseye snapper
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

Short bigeye
(Pristigenys alta)
(Pristigenys alta)
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Vieille de roche
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
