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Spicara
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Spicara

Spicara is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. These fishes are found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The species in the genus are known as picarels.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Blotched Picarel

speciesSpicara maena

Picarel

speciesSpicara smaris

Spicara flexuosum

speciesSpicara flexuosum

Blackspot Picarel

speciesSpicara melanurus

Windtoy

speciesSpicara axillare

Spicara nigricauda

speciesSpicara nigricauda

Spicara australe

speciesSpicara australe

Spicara altum

speciesSpicara altum

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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 92165.