Priacanthus meeki
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Priacanthidae |
| Genus: | Priacanthus |
| Species: | P. meeki
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| Binomial name | |
| Priacanthus meeki O. P. Jenkins, 1903
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Priacanthus meeki is a species of marine ray finned fish, a bigeye in the family Priacanthidae. It is a red fish found in the Hawaiian and Midway Islands. It grows to a size of 33 cm in length.[2] Common names are Hawaiian bigeye in English and ula lau au in the Hawaiian language.[2] It, and other species of its family, may also be called āweoweo in Hawaii.
Its specific name honours the American ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek (1859-1914).[3]
References[]
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A.; Myers, R. (2016). "Priacanthus meeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69545542A69545849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69545542A69545849.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Priacanthus meeki" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Jenkins, O. P. (1903). "Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. 22: 417–511.
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