Reefality
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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We have two of these beauties at the store I work at in Illinois SeaSchore, can anyone identify this treasure?!
Nice information Andy, but it is not closely related to squirrel fishes (order Beryciformes, family Holocentridae), though there is a definite superficial resemblance. Bigeyes belong to the family Priacanthidae (order Perciformes). There are four genera and about 20 species distributed throughout tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
Tony