Catalufa is the common name

Common name

A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...

 for three species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 belonging to the Priacanthidae

Priacanthidae

Priacanthidae is a family of fish, common name bigeye, comprising 18 species of marine fishes. "Catalufa" is an alternate common name for some members of the priacanthidae family. The etymology of the scientific name refers to the family's very rough, spined scales...

 family:

• Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
  Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
  Heteropriacanthus cruentatus is a fish from the around the globe, in tropical seas. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 50.7 cm in length....
  
  
• Priacanthus arenatus
• Pristigenys serrula
  Pristigenys serrula
  Popeye catalufa is a fish from the Eastern Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 34cm in length....
  
  - the popeye catalufa

The word catalufa is also used in several Caribbean

Caribbean Sea

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 countries as the Spanish

Spanish language

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 or French language

French language

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 common name for a number of other Priacanthidae species. The French-speaking islands of Martinique

Martinique

Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

 and Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

 also refer to the species Rhomboplites aurorubens (family Lutjanidae

Lutjanidae

Snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in freshwater. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper....

) as a catalufa.

Catalufas are also commonly called "bigeyes" (the common name for all Priacanthidae).