Crescent-tail Bigeye
Scientific Name: Priacanthus hamrur
Species: Bigeyes (Priacanthidae)
Other names: Bigeye, Red Bigeye, Common Bigeye, Moontail Bigeye, Moontail Bullseye, Lunar-tail Bigeye, Lunar Tailed Bigeye, Duskyfin Bullseye, Red Bullseye, Goggle Eye.
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Crescent-tail BigeyeUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Gan - Maldives
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Crescent-tail BigeyeUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Gan - Maldives
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Crescent-tail BigeyeUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Gan - Maldives
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Description
Also known as Bigeye, Red Bigeye, Common Bigeye, Moontail Bigeye, Moontail Bullseye, Lunar-tail Bigeye, Lunar Tailed Bigeye, Duskyfin Bullseye, Red Bullseye and Goggle Eye.
Found singly on sheltered reef slopes or in lagoons, sometimes forming small schools out in the open.
They feed nocturnally in open water on small fish and zooplankton.
Length - 45cm
Depth - 8-250m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Bigeyes can change colour from red, reddish brown to silver with mood, also at night they will change to a pale blotched pattern.
Spotted
The Crescent-tail Bigeye is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 3 times by user @fishx6
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