: any of several small widely distributed reddish to silvery bony fishes (genus Priacanthus of the family Priacanthidae) of tropical seas
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So far, bigeye armoreye dories have only been found around Dongsha Island, also known as Pratas Island, a small island in the South China Sea roughly 260 miles southwest of mainland Taiwan.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Other tuna species like albacore, yellowfin, and bigeye appear to be off-limits, according to the chart.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 Apr. 2025
Though Pacific and Atlantic bigeyes look identical, science does distinguish them as different species, and in the Atlantic, the biggest ever taken weighed 392 pounds.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
For bigeye, the increase was 12%.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 20 Oct. 2022
Dave Rudie, the president of Catalina Offshore Products in San Diego (the former tuna capital of the world), works with a cannery that sells about a million cans of tuna each year, 10,000 of which contain bigeye sourced from him.
—New York Times, 19 June 2021
Every Liholiho poke starts as a whole tuna loin, either from yellowtail or bigeye, depending on what’s running at the time.
—Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
As the researchers explain in a study published in Marine Biodiversity, sixgill sharks belong to the genus Hexanchus, which was long thought to be comprised of just two species: the bluntnose sixgill and the bigeye sixgill.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2018
The bigeye catalufa grows to 30 centimeters long and inhabits deeper rocky reefs off Cocos Island.
—Enric Sala, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2015
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Other tuna species like albacore, yellowfin, and bigeye appear to be off-limits, according to the chart.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 Apr. 2025
Though Pacific and Atlantic bigeyes look identical, science does distinguish them as different species, and in the Atlantic, the biggest ever taken weighed 392 pounds.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
For bigeye, the increase was 12%.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 20 Oct. 2022
Dave Rudie, the president of Catalina Offshore Products in San Diego (the former tuna capital of the world), works with a cannery that sells about a million cans of tuna each year, 10,000 of which contain bigeye sourced from him.
—New York Times, 19 June 2021
Every Liholiho poke starts as a whole tuna loin, either from yellowtail or bigeye, depending on what’s running at the time.
—Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
As the researchers explain in a study published in Marine Biodiversity, sixgill sharks belong to the genus Hexanchus, which was long thought to be comprised of just two species: the bluntnose sixgill and the bigeye sixgill.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2018
The bigeye catalufa grows to 30 centimeters long and inhabits deeper rocky reefs off Cocos Island.
—Enric Sala, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2015
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“Bigeye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigeye. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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