FAMILY Sparidae Rafinesque, 1810 – porgies, breams, seabreams, etc. GENUS Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855 - porgies [=Mylio, Neosparus] Species Acanthopagrus akazakii Iwatsuki et al., 2006 - New Caledonian seabream Species Acanthopagrus arabicus Iwatsuki, 2013 - Arabian yellowfin seabream Species Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther, 1859) - surf bream Species Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskal, 1775) - goldsilk seabream [=calamara V, calamara D, calamara C, hasta, madagascariensis, robinsoni] Species Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskal, 1775) - twobar seabream [=rabaji] Species Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) - Southern black bream Species Acanthopagrus catenula (Lacepede, 1801) - bridled seabream [=mylio] Species Acanthopagrus chinshira Kume & Yoshino, 2008 - Okinawan yellowfin seabream Species Acanthopagrus estuarius (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) - esturary bream Species Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) - yellowfin seabream [=auripes, chrysopterus, novaecaledoniae, rubroptera, xanthopoda] Species Acanthopagrus longispinnis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – Bengal yellowfin seabream Species Acanthopagrus morrisoni Iwatsuki, 2013 - Western yellowfin seabream Species Acanthopagrus omanensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2010 - black margined seabream Species Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki et al., 2010 - Pacific seabream Species Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley, 1935) - Northwest black bream Species Acanthopagrus randalli Iwatsuki & Carpenter, 2009 - Middle East black seabream Species Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854) - blackhead seabream [=czerskii, hudsoni, swinhonis] Species Acanthopagrus sheim Iwatsuki, 2013 - spotted yellowfin seabream Species Acanthopagrus sivicolus Akazaki, 1962 - Okinawa seabream [=macrocephalus] Species Acanthopagrus taiwanensis Iwatsuki & Carpenter, 2006 - Taiwan picnic seabream Species Acanthopagrus vagus (Peters, 1852) - wandering seabream [=caffer] GENUS Amamiichthys Tanaka & Iwatsuki, 2015 - porgies Species Amamiichthys matsubarai (Akazaki, 1962) - hoshierenko GENUS Archosargus Gill, 1865 - porgies [=Salema] Species Archosargus aries (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - aries porgy Species Archosargus pourtalesii (Steindachner, 1881) - pourtalesii porgy Species Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792) - sargo chopa [=leonina, ovicephalus, oviceps, ovis, poki W, poki B, porgee W, porgee B, porgy] Species Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - salema [=humerimaculatus, salin, unimaculata] GENUS Argyrops Swainson, 1839 - porgies Species Argyrops bleekeri Oshima, 1927 - Nago porgy Species Argyrops caeruleops Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018 - Oman porgy Species Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Reunion porgy Species Argyrops flavops Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018 - Mutrah porgy Species Argyrops megalommatus (Klunzinger, 1870) - Red Sea porgy Species Argyrops notialis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018 - Carnarvon porgy Species Argyrops spinifer (Forsskal, 1775) - Jeddah porgy [=ciliaris, longifilis, ruber] GENUS Argyrozona Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - argyrozona porgy [=lupus, macrodens] GENUS Boops Cuvier, 1814 - porgies [=Box, Exocallus] Species Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) - coweye porgy [=canariensis, gracilis, insignis, minutus, orientalis H, orientalis W, vulgaris R, vulgaris V] Species Boops lineatus (Boulenger, 1892) - lined coweye porgy GENUS Boopsoidea Castelnau, 1861 - porgies Species Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861 - inornata porgy [=holubi] GENUS Calamus Swainson, 1839 - porgies [=Aurata, Grammateus] Species Calamus arctifrons Goode & Bean, 1882 - grass porgy Species Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - jolthead porgy [=bruneus, caninus, macrops, plumatula, quadrituberculatus] Species Calamus brachysomus (Lockington, 1880) - Pacific porgy Species Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - saucereye porgy [=orbitarius] Species Calamus campechanus Randall & Caldwell, 1966 - Campeche porgy Species Calamus cervigoni Randall & Caldwell, 1966 - spotfin porgy Species Calamus leucosteus Jordan & Gilbert, in Jordan, 1885 - whitebone porgy Species Calamus mu Randall & Caldwell, 1966 - flathead porgy Species Calamus nodosus Randall & Caldwell, 1966 - knobbed porgy Species Calamus penna (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 18930) - sheepshead porgy [=humilis, medius, microps, milneri] Species Calamus pennatula Guichenot, 1868 - Pluma porgy [=kendalli] Species Calamus proridens Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 - littlehead porgy Species Calamus taurinus (Jenyns, 1840) - Galapagos porgy GENUS Centracanthus Rafinesque, 1810 - porgies Species Centracanthus cirrus Rafinesque, 1810 - curled picarel [=angustatus, insidiator, royerii] GENUS Cheimerius Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Santer seabream [=albus, fasciolatus, miles, nuphar, variabilis] GENUS Chrysoblephus Swainson, 1839 - porgies Species Chrysoblephus anglicus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) - Durban porgy Species Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Cape porgy Species Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - gibbiceps Cape porgy Species Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - laticeps Cape porgy [=algoensis, pugicephalus, torvus] Species Chrysoblephus lophus (Fowler, 1925) - Kwa-Zulu porgy Species Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) - puniceus Kwa-Zulu porgy GENUS Chrysophrys Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - porgies Species Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) - Forster's golden porgy [=arthurius, chinensis, guttulatus, latus, micropterus, ruber, unicolor] GENUS Crenidens Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - porgies Species Crenidens crenidens (Forsskal, 1775) - Karenteen seabream [=forskalii] Species Crenidens indicus Day, 1873 - indicus crenidens Species Crenidens macracanthus Gunther, 1874 - maracanthus crenidens GENUS Cymatoceps Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861) - musselcracker [=nigripinnis] GENUS Dentex Cuvier, 1814 - porgies [=Allotaius, Opsodentex, Synagris W, Synagris B, Taius] Species Dentex abei Iwatsuki et al., 2007 - yellowfin seabream Species Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953 - Angolan dentex [=polli] Species Dentex barnardi Cadenat, in Blache et al., 1970 - Barnard's dentex Species Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 - Canary dentex Species Dentex carpenteri Iwatsuki et al., 2015 - yellow snout seabream Species Dentex congoensis Poll, 1954 - Congo dentex Species Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) - common dentex [=cetti, pseudodentex W, pseudodentex B, vulgaris] Species Dentex fourmanoiri Akazaki & Seret, 1999 - Fourmanoir's seabream Species Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) - pink dentex [=filosus] Species Dentex hypselosoma Bleeker, 1854 - yellowback seabream Species Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) - large-eye dentex [=opsophthalmus] Species Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - Morocco dentex [=parvulus] Species Dentex multidens Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - multidens dentex [=dispar] Species Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910 - saffronfin seabream GENUS Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 - porgies [=Charax, Denius, Puntazzo, Sargus W, Sargus C] Species Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - annular seabream [=melanura, sparlotus, sparulus] Species Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - silver seabream [=sargo] Species Diplodus ascensionis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Ascension Islands seabream Species Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882) - Senegal seabream [=senegalensis] Species Diplodus bermudensis Caldwell, 1965 - Bermuda seabream Species Diplodus cadenati de la Paz et al., 1974 - Moroccan white seabream Species Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844) - Cape white seabream Species Diplodus caudimacula (Poey, 1860) - caudimacula seabream Species Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838) - zebra seabream [=trifasciatus] Species Diplodus fasciatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - banded seabream Species Diplodus helenae (Sauvage, 1879) - St. Helena white seabream Species Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878) - spot-tail seabream Species Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844) - Hottentot seabream Species Diplodus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1876) - onespot seabream Species Diplodus levantinus Fricke et al., 2016 - levantinus seabream Species Diplodus lineatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - lined seabream [=insularum] Species Diplodus noct (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Red Sea seabream Species Diplodus omanensis Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984 - Oman seabream Species Diplodus prayensis Cadenat, 1964 - twobanded seabream Species Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792) - sharpsnout seabream [=acutirostris, annularis, oxyrhynchus, oxyrhyncus, ponticus, puntazzo C] Species Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) - white seabream [=cinctus, raucus, rondeletii, typicus, varatulus, vetula] Species Diplodus striatus (Bliss, 1883) - striated seabream Species Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) - common twobanded seabream [=aldrovandi, slaviani] GENUS Evynnis Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - porgies Species Evynnis cardinalis (Lacepede, 1802) - cardinal porgy Species Evynnis ehrenbergii (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Ehrenberg's porgy Species Evynnis mononematos Guan et al., 2012 - Guan's porgy Species Evynnis tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) - tumifrons porgy [=japonica] GENUS Gymnocrotaphus Gunther, 1859 - porgies Species Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Gunther, 1859 - curvidens porgy GENUS Lagodon Holbrook, 1855 - porgies [=Sphenosargus] Species Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766) - pinfish [=atkinsoni, mercatoris] GENUS Lithognathus Swainson, 1839 - porgies Species Lithognathus aureti Smith, 1962 - West Coast seabream Species Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) - white steenbras [=capensis] Species Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) - sand steenbras [=goreensis, hurta] Species Lithognathus olivieri Penrith & Penrith, 1969 - steenbras GENUS Oblada Cuvier, 1829 - porgies Species Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) - saddled seabream GENUS Pachymetopon Gunther, 1859 - porgies [=Simocantharus] Species Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) - aeneum porgy [=natalensis, simus] Species Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – Bloch's pachymetopon [=canescens, castelnaui] Species Pachymetopon germanum (Barnard, 1934) - Barnard's pachymetopon Species Pachymetopon grande Gunther, 1859 - grande porgy [=glaucum, guentheri] GENUS Pagellus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 - porgies [=Nudipagellus] Species Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) - axillary seabream [=axilaris, owenii] Species Pagellus affinis Boulenger, 1888 - Arabian seabream Species Pagellus bellottii Steindachner, 1882 - red pandora [=coupei, cuninghamii, versicolor C, versicolor CinM] Species Pagellus bogaraveo (Brunnich, 1768) - blackspot seabream [=breviceps, brunnichii, cantabricus, centrodontus] Species Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common pandora [=canariensis, pagel, rostratus] Species Pagellus natalensis Steindachner, 1903 - Natal pandora GENUS Pagrus Cuvier, 1816 - porgies [=Pagrosomus, Semapagrus, Sparosomus] Species Pagrus africanus Akazaki, 1962 - Southern common seabream [=miqueli] Species Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843 - redbanded seabream Species Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – bluespotted seabream [=bertheloti, bocagii] Species Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - red seabream Species Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) - red porgy [=americana, argenteus, caissoti, orphus R, orphus L, sedecim, vulgaris] GENUS Parargyrops Tanaka, 1916 - porgies Species Parargyrops edita Tanaka, 1916 - edita porgy GENUS Petrus Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - red steenbras [=brevis] GENUS Polyamblyodon Norman, 1935 - porgies [=Leptometopon] Species Polyamblyodon germanum (Barnard, 1934) - Barnard's polyamblyodon Species Polyamblyodon gibbosum (Pellegrin, 1914) - Pellegrin's polyamblyodon [=cristiceps] GENUS Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870 - porgies [=Axineceps] Species Polysteganus baissaci Smith, 1978 - frenchman seabream Species Polysteganus cerasinus Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 - cerasinus seabream Species Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) - blueskin seabream Species Polysteganus flavodorsalis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 - flavodorsalis seabream Species Polysteganus lineopunctatus (Boulenger, 1903) - lineopunctatus seabream [=natalensis] Species Polysteganus mascarenensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2011 - Mascarene red seabream Species Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Gunther, 1859) - Scotsman seabream Species Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908) - seventyfour seabream GENUS Porcostoma Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Porcostoma dentata (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) - dentate porgy GENUS Pterogymnus Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - laniarius porgy GENUS Rhabdosargus Fowler, 1933 - porgies [=Austrosparus, Prionosparus] Species Rhabdosargus globiceps (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - white stumpnose [=natalensis, nigrofasciatus] Species Rhabdosargus haffara (Forsskal, 1775) - Haffara seabream Species Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881) - Cape stumpnose [=tricuspidens] Species Rhabdosargus niger Tanaka & Iwatsuki, 2013 - blackish stumpnose Species Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskal, 1775) - goldlined seabream [=aries, auriventris, bufonites, chrysargyra C, chrysargyra V, natalensis, psittacus, tarwhine] Species Rhabdosargus thorpei Smith, 1979 - bigeye stumpnose GENUS Sarpa Bonaparte, 1831 - porgies [=Eusalpa] Species Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) - dreamfish [=goreensis, onias, trachurus C, trachurus CinG] GENUS Sparidentex Munro, 1948 - porgies Species Sparidentex belayewi (Hora & Misra, 1943) - belayewi porgy Species Sparidentex datnia (Hamilton, 1822) - datnia porgy [=buchanani] Species Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - Sobaity seabream [=cuvieri] Species Sparidentex jamalensis Amir et al., 2014 - fanged seabream GENUS Sparodon Smith, 1938 - porgies Species Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1961) - white musselcracker GENUS Sparus Linnaeus, 1758 - porgies [=Aurata, Caeso, Chryseis, Chrysophris, Daurada, Dorada, Dulosparus, Eudynama, Pagrichthys, Roughleyia] Species Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 - gilt-head seabream [=auratus, crassirostris, mochara, scriptus] GENUS Spicara Rafinesque, 1810 - porgies, picarels [=Coleosmaris, Maena, Maenas K, Maenas W, Maenas B, Marsis, Merolepis, Mimocubiceps, Pterosmaris, Smaris] Species Spicara alta (Osorio, 1917) - bigeye picarel [=macrophthalmus] Species Spicara australis (Regan, 1921) - Southern picarel Species Spicara axillaris (Boulenger, 1900) - axillary picarel [=algoae] Species Spicara flexuosa Rafinesque, 1810 - flexuosa picarel [=chryselis, gymnodon, ponticus] Species Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) - blotched picarel [=cagarella, ciavolus, gagarella, gora, jusculum, lineatus, massiliensis, mendola, osbeck, osbeckii, tricuspidatus, vomerina, vulgaris, zebra] Species Spicara martinicus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - martinicus picarel Species Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - blackspot picarel [=variegatus] Species Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931) - blacktail picarel Species Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) - picarel [=alcedo, gracilis, italicus, maruda, maurii, polinymus, vulgaris] GENUS Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1849 - porgies [=Cantharus, Cantharusa, Caranthus] Species Spondyliosoma cantharus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) – cantharus porgy [=brama V, brama B, graecus, griseus, lineatus, linnei, mauropsaro, maurosparus, orbicularis, sciandra, senegalensis, tanuda, vetula, vulgaris S, vulgaris V] Species Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) - emarginatum porgy [=micorlepis] GENUS Stenotomus Gill, 1865 - porgies [=Otrynter, Stenethes] Species Stenotomus caprinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - caprinus porgy Species Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766) - chrysops porgy [=aculeata, ambassis, brama, versicolor, verginiae] GENUS Virididentex Poll, 1971 - porgies Species Virididentex acromegalus (Osorio, 1911) - Cape Verde porgy