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Seabreams and Porgies
Sparidae
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a broad space from the eye, a single dorsal fin with strong spines and soft rays, a short anal fin, long pointed pectoral fins and rather large firmly attached scales. They are found in shallow temperate...
39 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 164 known species
Diplodus
genusDiplodus
Sarpa
genusSarpa
Lagodon
genusLagodon
Acanthopagrus
genusAcanthopagrus
Oblada
genusOblada
Chrysophrys
genusChrysophrys
Sparus
genusSparus
Archosargus
genusArchosargus
Lithognathus
genusLithognathus
Boops
genusBoops
Stumpnoses
genusRhabdosargus
Pagellus
genusPagellus
Pagrus
genusPagrus
Calamus
genusCalamus
Spondyliosoma
genusSpondyliosoma
Spicara
genusSpicara
Dentexes
genusDentex
Stenotomus
genusStenotomus
Pachymetopon
genusPachymetopon
Chrysoblephus
genusChrysoblephus
Boopsoidea
genusBoopsoidea
Sparodon
genusSparodon
Gymnocrotaphus
genusGymnocrotaphus
Pterogymnus
genusPterogymnus
Evynnis
genusEvynnis
Cymatoceps
genusCymatoceps
Petrus
genusPetrus
Polyamblyodon
genusPolyamblyodon
Argyrozona
genusArgyrozona
Cheimerius
genusCheimerius
Argyrops
genusArgyrops
Sparidentex
genusSparidentex
Crenidens
genusCrenidens
Porcostoma
genusPorcostoma
Virididentex
genusVirididentex
Polysteganus
genusPolysteganus
Centracanthus
genusCentracanthus
Parargyrops
genusParargyrops
Amamiichthys
genusAmamiichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49238.