Pristigenys

Pristigenys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Priacanthidae. It contains five extant species and one extinct species, P. substriata, which is known from fossils found in the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy.^[4]

Pristigenys
Pristigenys alta
Holotype of P. substriata: MNHN.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Priacanthidae
Genus:	Pristigenys Agassiz, 1835[1]
Type species
†Chaetodon substriatus Blainville, 1818[2]
Synonyms[3]
Pseudopriacanthus Bleeker, 1869

The extant species have been classified in the genus Pseudopriacanthus which both Fishbase and the Catalog of Fishes treat as a synonym of Pristigenys,^[3] but recent work has argued that they should be separated based on numerous differences in the cranial region and the fins.^[4][5]

Species

The following species are classified in the genus Pristigenys:^[6][4]

• Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) - Short bigeye
• Pristigenys meyeri (Günther, 1872)
• Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) - Japanese bigeye
• Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes, 1862)
• Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891) - Popeye catalufa
• †Pristigenys substriatus (Blainville, 1818)