Pagrus
Sign in to save250px|right|thumb|Pagrus major|Red seabream (Pagrus major) 250px|right|thumb|Australasian snapper 250px|right|thumb|Red porgy Pagrus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. These fishes are found in the Western Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. They are esteemed food fishes which are targeted by commercial fisheries and are grown in aquaculture.
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- Taxonomy
- Species
- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Distribution and habitat
- Biology
- Fisheries
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250px|right|thumb|Pagrus major|Red seabream (Pagrus major) 250px|right|thumb|Australasian snapper 250px|right|thumb|Red porgy Pagrus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. These fishes are found in the Western Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. They are esteemed food fishes which are targeted by commercial fisheries and are grown in aquaculture.
==Taxonomy== Pagrus was first proposed as a genus in 1816 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with Sparus pagrus as its type species by absolute tautonymy, Sparus pagrus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as the Mediterranean Sea of southern Europe. This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World. Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.