Pristipomoides macrophthalmus | |
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Conservation status
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![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Lutjanidae |
Genus: | Pristipomoides |
Species: | P. macrophthalmus
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Binomial name | |
Pristipomoides macrophthalmus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Pristipomoides macrophthalmus, the cardinal snapper or bigeye snapper, is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.