After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Priacanthidae (suurisilmät; bigeyes) [4/18]
   |-- †Pseudopriacanthus Eoc. Mioc. Eu. 
   |-- Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) (Longfinned bullseye)
   |-- Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Glasseye)
   |--o Priacanthus [Apostasis] Olig. Mioc. Eu. R. Oc. [12]
   |  |-- P. alalaua Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (Alalaua)
   |  |-- P. arenatus Cuvier, 1829 (Atlantic bigeye)
   |  |-- P. blochii Bleeker, 1853 (Paeony bulleye)
   |  |-- P. fitchi Starnes, 1988
   |  |-- P. hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) (Moontail bullseye)
   |  |-- P. macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 (Red bigeye)
   |  |-- P. meeki Jenkins, 1903 (Hawaiian bigeye)
   |  |-- P. nasca Starnes, 1988
   |  |-- P. prolixus Starnes, 1988 (Elongate bulleye)
   |  |-- P. sagittarius Starnes, 1988 (Arrow bulleye)
   |  |-- P. tayenus Richardson, 1846 (Purple-spotted bigeye)
   |  `-- P. zaiserae Starnes & Moyer, 1988
   `--o Pristigenys [Pseudopriacanthus] [4]
      |-- †P. substriatus
      |-- P. alta (Gill, 1862) [P. altus] (Short bigeye)
      |-- P. meyeri (Günther, 1872)
      |-- P. niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) (Japanese bigeye)
      `-- P. serrula (Gilbert, 1891) (Popeye catalufa)

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