Longfinned bullseye
Amazing fact
The longfinned bullseye has a layer inside its eyes that reflects light to make it brighter.
京都府
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The longfinned bullseye has a layer inside its eyes that reflects light to make it brighter.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Longfinned bullseye
- Scientific name
- Cookeolus japonicus
- Japanese name
- チカメキントキ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Priacanthiformes
- Family
- Priacanthidae
- Genus
- Cookeolus
Where the name “Longfinned bullseye” comes from
Its Kanto name Kagekiyo comes from its red body resembling the costume of the kabuki character Kagekiyo.
京都府A fish that lives in Japanese seas from Hokkaido to Yakushima, off South Korea, Taiwan and southern China, and across the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
How the Longfinned bullseye lives
It lives near the bottom in fairly deep, dark water. It often faces upward when feeding.
京都府新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Range
- East China Sea, Seto Inland Sea, Taiwan Strait, Indo-West Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Longfinned bullseye has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- チカメキントキ
- 简体中文
- 日本大眼鲷
- 繁體中文
- 日本紅目大眼鯛
- 한국어
- 뿔돔
- Español
- Catalufa aleta larga
- Português (Brasil)
- Olho-de-cão-majestoso
- العربية
- Hamrah
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — チカメキントキChecked: 2026-11-04
- 京都府 — 丹後の海の生き物（チカメキントキ）Checked: 2026-11-07
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — チカメキントキChecked: 2026-11-07
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — チカメキントキChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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