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Comprehensive Description
The Sparidae includes around 100 species of fishes that are often known as porgies. They are deep-bodied, compressed, perchlike fishes with a small mouth located low on the head; the distance between the eye and mouth is noticeably long. The forehead is often steep in profile. There is a fleshy skin flap at the base of the pelvic fins and the caudal fin is usually forked. Porgies usually have canine teeth or incisors, but also have strong molars at the middle and rear of the jaws, including those in a pharyngeal "mill" used to crush and grind shellfish. Most species are plainly colored, silver to reddish or very dark, but some are striped (especially when young) or spotted. Most species are 30 to 60 cm or less in length, but a few reach twice this length; several species may reach 1.2 meters and 70 kg. Porgies are bottom-dwelling fishes of tropical and temperate seas, especially around Africa. A few species occur in cold water and some may enter brackish or fresh water. Many species are important food and sport fishes. In general, porgies are most common in bays and shallow coastal waters and banks where shellfishes are common; some species prefer seagrass beds and others are common around coral reefs. (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; Robins and Ray 1986)
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| Specimens with Sequences: | 1,493 | Public Species: | 76 |
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Sparidae
The Sparidae is a family of fish, included in the order Perciformes. The fish of the family are commonly called sea breams and porgies (North America). The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar-like teeth.[1] Some of the species, such as Polysteganus undulosus, have been subject to overfishing, or exploitation beyond sustainable recovery.[2]
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Species
The family Sparidae contains 125 species in 37 genera and is classified here according to Fishbase.
- Genus Acanthopagrus
- Acanthopagrus akazakii Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2006[3]
- Acanthopagrus australis, Yellowfin bream (Gunther, 1859)
- Acanthopagrus berda, Picnic seabream (Forsskål, 1775)
- Acanthopagrus bifasciatus, Twobar seabream (Forsskål, 1775)
- Acanthopagrus butcheri, Southern black bream (Munro, 1949)
- Acanthopagrus latus, Yellowfin seabream (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Acanthopagrus palmaris, North west black bream (Whitley, 1935)
- Acanthopagrus schlegelii czerskii (Berg, 1914)
- Acanthopagrus schlegelii schlegelii, Black porgy (Bleeker, 1854)
- Acanthopagrus sivicolus, Okinawa seabream (Akazaki, 1962)
- Acanthopagrus taiwanensis (Iwatsuki & Carpenter, 2006)
- Genus Allotaius
- Allotaius spariformis (Ogilby, 1910)
- Genus Archosargus
- Archosargus pourtalesii, Blackspot porgy (Steindachner, 1881)
- Archosargus probatocephalus, Sheepshead seabream (Walbaum, 1792)
- Archosargus rhomboidalis, Western Atlantic seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus Argyrops
- Argyrops bleekeri, Taiwan tai (Oshima, 1927)
- Argyrops filamentosus, Soldierbream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Argyrops megalommatus (Klunzinger, 1870)
- Argyrops spinifer, King soldierbream (Forsskål, 1775)
- Genus Argyrozona
- Argyrozona argyrozona, Carpenter seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Genus Boops
- Boops boops, Bogue (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Boops lineatus, Striped boga (Boulenger, 1892)
- Genus Boopsoidea
- Boopsoidea inornata, Fransmadam (Castelnau, 1861)
- Genus Calamus
- Calamus arctifrons, Grass porgy (Goode & Bean, 1882)
- Calamus bajonado, Jolthead porgy (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Calamus brachysomus, Pacific porgy (Lockington, 1880)
- Calamus calamus, Saucereye porgy (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Calamus campechanus, Campeche porgy (Randall & Caldwell, 1966)
- Calamus cervigoni, Spotfin porgy (Randall & Caldwell, 1966)
- Calamus leucosteus, Whitebone porgy(Jordan & Gilbert, 1885)
- Calamus mu, Flathead porgy (Randall & Caldwell, 1966)
- Calamus nodosus, Knobbed porgy (Randall & Caldwell, 1966)
- Calamus penna, Sheepshead porgy (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Calamus pennatula, Pluma porgy (Guichenot, 1868)
- Calamus proridens, Littlehead porgy (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884)
- Calamus taurinus, Galapagos porgy (Jenyns, 1840)
- Genus Cheimerius
- Cheimerius matsubarai, Hoshierenko (Akazaki, 1962)
- Cheimerius nufar, Santer seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Genus Chrysoblephus
- Chrysoblephus anglicus, Englishman seabream (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
- Chrysoblephus cristiceps, Daggerhead seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Chrysoblephus gibbiceps, Red stumpnose seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Chrysoblephus laticeps, Roman seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Chrysoblephus lophus, False red stumpnose (Fowler, 1925)
- Chrysoblephus puniceus, Slinger seabream (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
- Genus Crenidens
- Crenidens crenidens, Karenteen seabream (Forsskål, 1775)
- Genus Cymatoceps
- Cymatoceps nasutus, Poenskop seabream (Castelnau, 1861)
- Genus Dentex
- Dentex angolensis,Angola dentex (Poll & Maul, 1953)
- Dentex barnardi, Barnard's dentex (Cadenat, 1970)
- Dentex canariensis, Canary dentex (Steindachner, 1881)
- Dentex congoensis, Congo dentex (Poll, 1954)
- Dentex dentex, Common dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dentex fourmanoiri (Akazaki & Séret, 1999)
- Dentex gibbosus, Pink dentex (Rafinesque, 1810)
- Dentex macrophthalmus, Large-eye dentex (Bloch, 1791)
- Dentex maroccanus, Morocco dentex (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Dentex tumifrons, Yellowback seabream (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
- Genus Diplodus
- Diplodus annularis, Annular seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Diplodus argenteus argenteus, South American silver porgy (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Diplodus argenteus caudimacula, Silver porgy (Poey, 1860)
- Diplodus bellottii, Senegal seabream (Steindachner, 1882)
- Diplodus bermudensis, Bermuda porgy (Caldwell, 1965)
- Diplodus capensis, Cape white seabream (Smith, 1844)
- Diplodus cervinus cervinus, Zebra seabream (Lowe, 1838)
- Diplodus cervinus hottentotus, Zebra (Smith, 1844)
- Diplodus cervinus omanensis, Oman porgy (Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984)
- Diplodus fasciatus, Banded seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Diplodus holbrookii, Spottail pinfish (Bean, 1878)
- Diplodus noct, Red Sea seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Diplodus prayensis, Two-banded seabream (Cadenat, 1964)
- Diplodus puntazzo, Sharpsnout seabream (Cetti, 1777)
- Diplodus sargus ascensionis (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Diplodus sargus cadenati, Moroccan white seabream (de la Paz, Bauchot & Daget, 1974)
- Diplodus sargus helenae, St. Helena white seabream (Sauvage, 1879)
- Diplodus sargus kotschyi, One spot seabream (Steindachner, 1876)
- Diplodus sargus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Diplodus sargus sargus, White seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Diplodus vulgaris, Common two-banded seabream (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
- Genus Evynnis
- Evynnis cardinalis, Threadfin porgy (Lacepède, 1802)
- Evynnis japonica, Crimson seabream (Tanaka, 1931)
- Genus Gymnocrotaphus
- Gymnocrotaphus curvidens, Janbruin (Günther, 1859)
- Genus Lagodon
- Lagodon rhomboides, Pinfish (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Genus Lithognathus
- Lithognathus aureti, West coast seabream (Smith, 1962)
- Lithognathus lithognathus, White steenbras (Cuvier, 1829)
- Lithognathus mormyrus, Striped seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lithognathus olivieri, Steenbras (Penrith & Penrith, 1969)
- Genus Oblada
- Oblada melanura, Saddled seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus Pachymetopon
- Pachymetopon aeneum, Blue hottentot (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
- Pachymetopon blochii, Hottentot seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Pachymetopon grande, Bronze seabream (Günther, 1859)
- Genus Pagellus
- Pagellus acarne, Axillary seabream (Risso, 1827)
- Pagellus affinis, Arabian pandora (Boulenger, 1888)
- Pagellus bellottii, Red pandora (Steindachner, 1882)
- Pagellus bogaraveo, Blackspot seabream (Brünnich, 1768)
- Pagellus erythrinus, Common pandora (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pagellus natalensis, Natal pandora (Steindachner, 1903)
- Genus Pagrus
- Pagrus africanus, Southern common seabream (Akazaki, 1962)
- Pagrus auratus, Australasian snapper (Forster, 1801)
- Pagrus auriga, Redbanded seabream (Valenciennes, 1843)
- Pagrus caeruleostictus, Bluespotted seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Pagrus major, Red seabream (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
- Pagrus pagrus, Common seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus Parargyrops
- Parargyrops edita (Tanaka, 1916)
- Genus Petrus
- Petrus rupestris, Red steenbras (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Genus Polyamblyodon
- Polyamblyodon germanum, German seabream (Barnard, 1934)
- Polyamblyodon gibbosum, Knife-back seabream (Pellegrin, 1914)
- Genus Polysteganus
- Polysteganus baissaci, Frenchman seabream (Smith, 1978)
- Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus, Blueskin seabream (Klunzinger, 1870)
- Polysteganus mascarenensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2011[4]
- Polysteganus praeorbitalis, Scotsman seabream (Günther, 1859)
- Polysteganus undulosus, Seventy-four seabream (Regan, 1908)
- Genus Porcostoma
- Porcostoma dentata, Dane seabream (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
- Genus Ptreogymnus
- Pterogymnus laniarius, Panga seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Genus Rhabdosargus
- Rhabdosargus globiceps, White stumpnose (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Rhabdosargus haffara, Haffara seabream (Forsskål, 1775)
- Rhabdosargus holubi, Cape stumpnose (Steindachner, 1881)
- Rhabdosargus sarba, Tarwhine (Forsskål, 1775)
- Rhabdosargus thorpei, Bigeye stumpnose (Smith, 1979)
- Genus Sarpa
- Sarpa salpa, Salema (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus Sparidentex
- Sparidentex hasta, Sobaity seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Genus Sparodon
- Sparodon durbanensis, Musselcracker seabream (Castelnau, 1861)
- Genus Sparus
- Sparus aurata, Gilthead seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus Spondyliosoma
- Spondyliosoma cantharus, Black seabream (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spondyliosoma emarginatum, Steentje seabream (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Genus Stenotomus
- Stenotomus caprinus, Longspine porgy (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Stenotomus chrysops, Scup (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Genus Virididentex
- Virididentex acromegalus, Bulldog dentex (Osório, 1911)
Timeline of genera
Cookery
The most celebrated of the breams in cookery are the gilt-head bream and the common dentex.[5]
See also
References
 | Wikispecies has information related to: Sparidae |
- ^ Johnson, G.D. & Gill, A.C. (1998). In Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. Eating the head is known to cause hallucinations, lasting many days.
- ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2010. Overfishing. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. eds. Sidney Draggan and C.Cleveland. Washington DC.
- ^ Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino (2006). "A new sparid, Acanthopagrus akazakii, from New Caledonia with notes on nominal species of Acanthopagrus". Ichthyological Research 53 (4): 406–414. doi:10.1007/s10228-006-0365-z.
- ^ Iwatsuki, Y. & Heemstra, P.C. (2011). "Polysteganus mascarenensis, a new sparid fish species from Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean." Zootaxa 3018: 13-20.
- ^ Alan Davidson, Mediterranean Seafood, Penguin, 1972. ISBN 0-14-046174-4, pp. 86–108.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
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