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)

Common bigeye
(Priacanthus hamrur)

Glasseye snapper
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

Short bigeye
(Pristigenys alta)

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Sterne arctique
(Sterna paradisaea)