Scientific Name	Priacanthus tayenus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Richardson, 1846	Depth	20 - 200M
Chinese	曳絲大眼鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	大眼鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F351　Priacanthidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長尾大眼鯛
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅目鰱、嚴公仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Canton, China
Synonyms	Priacanthus holocentrum, Priacanthus schmittii, Priacanthus tayanus, Priacanthus tayeus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Richardson, J. 1846 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055393. ASIZP0055429. ASIZP0055587. ASIZP0062359. ASIZP0063602. CAS60364. FRIP00894. FRIP03162. NMMBP04757. NMMSTP00555. NTUM03765. USNM00076625.
Common Name	Purple-spotted big eye; Purple-spotted bigeye; Threadfin big-eye
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately deep, moderately elongate, and laterally compressed. Anterior profile slightly assymetrical, extremity of protruding lower jaw usually slightly above level of midline of body. Small teeth on dentaries, vomer, palatines, and premaxillaries. Dorsal fin with X spines and 11 to 13 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 12 to 14 soft rays; caudal fin more or less truncate in smaller specimens but becoming very lunate in some (possibly males) but not all larger specimens. Pored lateral-line scales 51 to 67. Body, head, and iris of eye pink to reddish or silvery white with pink tinges; fins pinkish; pelvic fins with characteristic small deep purple to inky black spots in membranes with 1 or 2 larger spots in connective membrane to belly.
habitats	Inhabits coral or rocky areas. Sometimes forms aggregations. Feeds on a wide variety of benthic animals. Smaller fish are mostly found inshore.
Distribution	In coastal areas of northern Indian Ocean from Persian Gulf eastward and into West Pacific from northern Australia and Solomon Islands northward to Taiwan. It is found in southwestern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed mostly fresh, whole or dried-salted.