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The Sparidae is a family of fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
, included in the order Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
. The fish of the family are commonly called breams and porgies (North America). The sheepshead
Sheepshead (fish)

The sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, is amarine fish that grows to 30 in , but are common from 5 to 8 in. They are deep and compressed in body shape with 5 to 6 dark bars on the side of the body over a gray background....
, scup
Scup

The scup, Stenotomus chrysops, is a fish which occurs primarily in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Along with many other fish of the family Sparidae, it is also commonly known as porgy....
, and red sea bream
Red sea bream

Red sea bream is a name given to at least two species of fish of the family Sparidae, Pagrus major and Pagellus bogaraveo. Pagellus bogaraveo is also known as blackspot sea bream....
 are species in this family. They live in shallow temperate waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar
Molar

Molar may refer to:*Molar , the fourth kind of tooth in mammals*Molar , a unit of concentration, or molarity, of solutions equal to 1 mole /litre...
-like teeth.








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The Sparidae is a family of fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
, included in the order Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
. The fish of the family are commonly called breams and porgies (North America). The sheepshead
Sheepshead (fish)

The sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, is amarine fish that grows to 30 in , but are common from 5 to 8 in. They are deep and compressed in body shape with 5 to 6 dark bars on the side of the body over a gray background....
, scup
Scup

The scup, Stenotomus chrysops, is a fish which occurs primarily in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Along with many other fish of the family Sparidae, it is also commonly known as porgy....
, and red sea bream
Red sea bream

Red sea bream is a name given to at least two species of fish of the family Sparidae, Pagrus major and Pagellus bogaraveo. Pagellus bogaraveo is also known as blackspot sea bream....
 are species in this family. They live in shallow temperate waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. Most species possess grinding, molar
Molar

Molar may refer to:*Molar , the fourth kind of tooth in mammals*Molar , a unit of concentration, or molarity, of solutions equal to 1 mole /litre...
-like teeth.

Species

The family Sparidae contains 125 species in 37 genera and is classified here according to Fishbase
FishBase

FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. , it included descriptions of over 30,000 species, over 260,000 common names in hundreds of languages, over 46,000 pictures, and references to more than 42,000 works in the scientific literature....
.
  • Genus Acanthopagrus
    • Acanthopagrus akazakii Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2006
    • Acanthopagrus australis, Surf bream (Gunther, 1859)
    • Acanthopagrus berda, Picnic seabream (Forsskål
      Peter Forsskål

      Peter Forssk?l, sometimes spelled Pehr Forssk?l, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forsk?l or Pehr Forssk?hl, was a Sweden exploration, orientalist and natural history....
      , 1775)
    • Acanthopagrus bifasciatus, Twobar seabream (Forsskål
      Peter Forsskål

      Peter Forssk?l, sometimes spelled Pehr Forssk?l, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forsk?l or Pehr Forssk?hl, was a Sweden exploration, orientalist and natural history....
      , 1775)
    • Acanthopagrus butcheri, Southern black bream (Munro, 1949)
    • Acanthopagrus latus, Yellowfin seabream (Houttuyn
      Martinus Houttuyn

      Maarten Houttuyn or Houttuijn , Latin as Martinus Houttuyn, was a Netherlands natural history.Houttuyn was born in Hoorn, studied medicine in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam in 1753....
      , 1782)
    • Acanthopagrus palmaris, North west black bream (Whitley
      Gilbert Percy Whitley

      Gilbert Percy Whitley was a British-born Australian Ichthyology who was effectively Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years....
      , 1935)
    • Acanthopagrus schlegelii czerskii (Berg
      Lev Semenovich Berg

      Lev Semyonovich Berg was a leading Soviet geographer and biologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950....
      , 1914)
    • Acanthopagrus schlegelii schlegelii, Black porgy (Bleeker
      Pieter Bleeker

      Pieter Bleeker was a Netherlands medical doctor and ichthyology, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia.He was employed as a medical officer in the Dutch East Indian Army from 1842 to 1860, stationed in Indonesia....
      , 1854)
    • Acanthopagrus sivicolus, Okinawa seabream (Akazaki, 1962)
    • Acanthopagrus taiwanensis (Iwatsuki & Carpenter, 2006)
  • Genus Allotaius
    • Allotaius spariformis (Ogilby
      William Ogilby

      William Ogilby was an Ireland barrister and natural history.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
      , 1910)
  • Genus Archosargus
    • Archosargus pourtalesii, Blackspot porgy (Steindachner
      Franz Steindachner

      Franz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess....
      , 1881)
    • Archosargus probatocephalus, Sheepshead seabream (Walbaum
      Johann Julius Walbaum

      Johann Julius Walbaum , a native of L?beck, Germany was a physician, natural history and taxonomist. He was the first to describe many previously unknown species from remote parts of the globe, such as the Barracuda , the Chum salmon from the Kamchatka River in Siberia, and the curimat?-pac? from the S?o Francisco River in Brazil....
      , 1792)
    • Archosargus rhomboidalis, Western Atlantic seabream (Linnaeus
      Carolus Linnaeus

      Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
      , 1758)
  • Genus Argyrops
    • Argyrops bleekeri, Taiwan tai (Oshima, 1927)
    • Argyrops filamentosus, Soldierbream (Valenciennes
      Achille Valenciennes

      Achille Valenciennes was a France zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology....
      , 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
      George Albert Boulenger

      George Albert Boulenger was a Belgium-United Kingdom zoologist....
      , 1892)
  • Genus Boopsoidea
    • Boopsoidea inornata, Fransmadam (Castelnau
      François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau

      Fran?ois Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, comte de Castelnau was a France natural history. Known also as Fran?ois Laporte or Francis de 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

    Lithognathus is a genus of fish in the Sparidae family.It contains the following species:* white steenbras ...
    • 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

    Pagellus is a genus of porgies in the family Sparidae.References...
    • 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
      Pagellus erythrinus

      Pagellus erythrinus, or the common pandora, is a fish of the Sparidae family . It is a popular food fish in Mediterranean countries, with delicate white flesh....
      , Common pandora (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Pagellus natalensis, Natal pandora (Steindachner, 1903)
  • Genus Pagrus
    Pagrus

    Pagrus is a genus of fish in the Sparidae family.It contains the following species:* red porgy References...
    • 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 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

    SARPA is a charter airline based at Olaya Herrera Airport in Medell?n, Colombia. ...
    • 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)


Cookery


The most celebrated of the breams in cookery are the gilt-head bream
Gilt-head bream

The gilt-head bream Sparus aurata is a fish of the bream family Sparidae found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern coastal regions of the North Atlantic Ocean....
 and the dentex.