Description

Also known as Bigfin Bigeye, Bulleye, Deepwater Bullseye, Glasseye, Goggle Eye, Longfin Bigeye, Red Soldierfish.

Found singly, or in small schools, during the day in caves and under ledges, dispersing at night, foraging for food, over deep, hard bottoms of reefs, rich in invertebrate growth.
They feed on pelagic crustaceans.
Length - 69cm
Depth - 40-400m
Circumglobal

Bigeyes can change colour from red, reddish brown to silver with mood, also at night they will change to a pale blotched pattern. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Cookeolus-japonicus.html