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Arrow bulleye

Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988

Status not recordedbony fish

The arrow bulleye (Priacanthus sagittarius) is a species in the family Priacanthidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the arrow bulleye

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the arrow bulleye live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the arrow bulleye as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Israel
  2. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the arrow bulleye endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the arrow bulleye classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPriacanthidae
  6. genusPriacanthus
  7. SpeciesPriacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988
Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Arrowfin bigeyeEnglish
  • Robust bigeyeEnglish
  • očař rifovýCzech
  • ミナミキントキJapanese
  • Mata besarMalay
  • Olho-de-cão-robustoPortuguese
  • ปลาตาหวานครีบสูงThai
  • 嚴公仔Chinese
  • Barau-barau lautMalay
  • Lolong baraMalay
  • Panda merahMalay
  • TemenggongMalay
  • 紅目鰱Chinese
  • 高背大眼鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the arrow bulleye

Other species in the same genus Priacanthus.

Scad

Priacanthus hamrur

PriacanthidaeNo free photo yet

Glasseye

Priacanthus blochii

PriacanthidaeNo free photo yet

Bigeye

Priacanthus arenatus

PriacanthidaeNo free photo yet

Bigeye

Priacanthus macracanthus

PriacanthidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the arrow bulleye an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the arrow bulleye as introduced in 2 countries: Israel and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the arrow bulleye?

The arrow bulleye (Priacanthus sagittarius) belongs to the family Priacanthidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arrow bulleye (Priacanthus sagittarius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arrow-bulleye

MLA

“Arrow bulleye (Priacanthus sagittarius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arrow-bulleye.

BibTeX
@misc{arrow_bulleye_2026,
  title = {Arrow bulleye (Priacanthus sagittarius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arrow-bulleye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}