Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa

Family Name Listing

Order: Perciformes, Family: Priacanthidae
Matapula or Big-Eyes
Big-eyes are known as matapula in Samoa.

Scientific NameSamoan NameCommon NamePhotoTSNPark StatusAbundanceResidencyNativity
Heteropriacanthus cruentatusmatapulaglasseye 168181Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Priacanthus blochii matapulaBlotch's bigeyePriacanthus blochii. matapula.  Bloch's bigeye645945Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Priacanthus hamrurmatapulagoggle-eyePriacanthus hamrur. matapula. goggle-eye
Priacanthus hamrur. matapula. goggle-eye
168185Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Priacanthus sp. 1matapula Priacanthus sp. matapula
Priacanthus sp. matapula
168177Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Pristigenys multifasciata    -9729Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative

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