Red bigeye
Amazing fact
The red bigeye has yellowish spots on its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins.
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The red bigeye has yellowish spots on its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Red bigeye
- Scientific name
- Priacanthus macracanthus
- Japanese name
- キントキダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Priacanthiformes
- Family
- Priacanthidae
- Genus
- Priacanthus
It lives from Japan's Pacific and Sea of Japan waters to the South China Sea, Indonesia and Australia.
How the Red bigeye lives
Young fish live in shallow water. Adults usually live in deeper water offshore. Adults also live in rocky habitats.
Australian MuseumBasic data
- Range
- South China Sea, Andaman Sea, Indonesia, Australia, and elsewhere
Where the Red bigeye 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
- キントキダイ
- 简体中文
- 短尾大眼鲷
- 繁體中文
- 大棘大眼鯛
- 한국어
- 홍치
- Português (Brasil)
- Olho-de-cão-do-Pacífico
- Tiếng Việt
- Cá trác đuôi ngắn
- Русский
- Колючий бычеглаз
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 — キントキダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- Australian Museum — Spotted Bigeye, Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829Checked: 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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