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Also known as sea breams, porgies, porgy

Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies, is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Acanthuriformes, although they were previously classified in the order Perciformes. The over 150 species are found in shallow and deep marine waters in temperate through tropical regions around the world. Most species are demersal carnivores.

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Sparidae is a family of marine perciform fish within the order Perciformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was established by Rafinesque in 1818 and is currently accepted by the World Register of Marine Species. It falls under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and has the synonym Centracanthidae. Common names for the group include porgies, havkarussfamilien, and špari.

The family comprises 38 genera and inhabits marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Occurrence records are held by institutions such as ECOSUR, ICML-UNAM, and USNM, with data from Mexico and the United States. The taxon is referenced by 415 other encyclopedia articles.

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Species

porgies

Sparidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilySparidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded839,472

Les Sparidae (sparidés) sont une famille de poissons marins perciformes. Elle comporte 38 genres.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,012
With media
9
Family
Sparidae
Collections
ECOSUR, ICML-UNAM, USNM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Research

31,093 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Perciformes
Image
Diplodus annularis.jpg
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taxon rank
family
Commons category
Sparidae
taxon name
Sparidae
topic's main category
Category:Sparidae
MCN code
0302.85.00
taxon synonym
Centracanthidae
taxon common name
špari
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Etymology
  • Genera
  • Characteristics
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Biology
  • Fisheries
  • Culinary use
  • See also
  • References

Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies, is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Acanthuriformes, although they were previously classified in the order Perciformes. The over 150 species are found in shallow and deep marine waters in temperate through tropical regions around the world. Most species are demersal carnivores.

==Taxonomy== Sparidae was first proposed as a family in 1818 by the French polymath and naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Traditionally the taxa within the Spariformes were classified within the Perciformes, with some authorities using the term "Sparoid lineage" for the families Centracanthidae, Nemipteridae, Lethrinidae and Sparidae. Since then the use of molecular phylogenetics in more modern classifications has meant that the Spariformes is recognised as a valid order within the Percomorpha containing six families, with Callanthidae, Sillaginidae and Lobotidae included. Other workers have found that the Centracanthidae is synonymous with Sparidae and that the Spariformes contains only the remaining three families of the "Sparoid lineage".

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