Glasseye Bigeye

Scientific Name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Family: Bigeyes - Priacanthidae
Maximum Size: 32cm
Identification: Variable red to silvery with distinct to obscure bars or blotches; fins lightly spotted or mottled; tail slightly rounded.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups; drift next to coral beads during day.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs in 3-20m.
Location: Circumtropical.

Bloch's Bigeye

Scientific Name: Priacanthus blochi
Family: Bigeyes - Priacanthidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Variable red to silvery with red blotches; fins generally plain without spots or mottling; slightly rounded tail.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups. Under ledges or hover next to coral beads during day.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs in 15-30m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Gulf of Aden to Samoa - Philippines to Australia.

Whitebar Bigeye

Scientific Name: Pristigenys niphonia
Family: Bigeyes - Priacanthidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Bright red rounded body with 5 narrow white bars, white dorsal spines; huge eye.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Rare within safe diving depths; normally on steep outer reef slopes in 70-100m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Papua New Guinea. S. Japan to Australia.