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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sparidae Porgies

Genus: Pagrus

(See list of species below)


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6 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Pagrus africanus Akazaki, 1962

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Pagrus africanus
[Southern common seabream]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Pagrus auratus
[Silver seabream]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 80 cm SL
Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843

Photo by Wirtz, P.
 
Pagrus auriga
[Redbanded seabream]

Photo by De Sanctis, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 90 cm SL
Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Photo by De Sanctis, A.
 
Pagrus caeruleostictus
[Bluespotted seabream]

Photo by IGFA

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm SL
Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Photo by IGFA
 
Pagrus major
[Red seabream]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 91 cm TL
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Pagrus pagrus
[Red porgy]
6 Species of Family Sparidae with Genus Pagrus
(Porgies)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1962 Pagrus africanus Southern common seabream Eastern Atlantic 75 TL
1801 Pagrus auratus Silver seabream Indo-Pacific 130 TL
1843 Pagrus auriga Redbanded seabream Eastern Atlantic 80 SL
1830 Pagrus caeruleostictus Bluespotted seabream Eastern Atlantic 90 SL
1843 Pagrus major Red seabream Northwest Pacific 100 SL
1758 Pagrus pagrus Red porgy Eastern Atlantic 91 TL



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