Pagellus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. These fishes are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the western Indian Ocean.
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(also known as pageau). Pagellus contains the following species: Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) (Axillary seabream) Pagellus affinis Boulenger, 1888 (Arabian...
The blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), also known as the red seabream and as the besugo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the...
The common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), also known as king of the breams, pandora red pandora or Spanish seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned...
"Pagellus acarne" in FishBase. October 2023 version. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pagellus"...
given to at least two species of fish of the family Sparidae: Pagrus major Pagellus bogaraveo, also called the blackspot seabream This page is an index of...
Spain), black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus and red seabream Pagrus or Pagellus species; or pomfrets (family Bramidae). Porgy fishing Bluegill, sometimes...
the Sparidae. Pagellus affinis has the specific name affinis which means "related". This refers to this species similarity to Pagellus erythrinus as well...
found in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Pagellus natalensis was first formally described as a subspecies of Pagellus bellottii, P. b. natalensis, in 1903...
Within the family Sparidae: Boops boops also known by the name of Bogue Pagellus bogaraveo also known by the name of Blackspot seabream Dentex dentex also...
zoologist, Georges Cuvier. It was first described as Pagellus calamus, being placed in the genus Pagellus. It was since moved into Calamus, this name means...
Jolthead porgy has five known synonyms, placing it in the genera Pagrus, Pagellus, Sparus, and Calamus. The holotypes of Calamus macrops, and C. plumatula...
William John Swainson, Swainson named it as a momotypic subgenus of Pagellus with Pagellus (Lithognathis) capensis as its only species and, therefore, its...
Atlantic Ocean. The sheepshead porgy was first formally described in 1830 as Pagellus penna by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with its type locality...
in 1929 from the gills of dead fishes of the species Pagellus centrodontus (currently Pagellus bogaraveo found in an Aquarium of the English Channel...
(Trachurus delagoa), olive grunters (Pomadasys olivaceus), and pandora (Pagellus bellottii) are common bottlenose dolphin's typical prey. Their hunting...
FishBase Sparus aurata Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Pagellus erythrinus" in FishBase. March 2007 version. Louisy, Patrick (2006). Trainito...
others of the same genus), which itself feeds on the fish Boops boops and Pagellus acarne. However, in a 2022 study, it was found that the species was not...
or like dentice (Dentex dentex), sarago (Diplodus sargus) and pezzogna (Pagellus bogaraveo). Fishes of very small size are also used: The cicenielli, baby...
type-host is Pagellus erythrinus. The type-locality is off Brest. The species has been since recorded from three other hosts (Pagellus acarne, Boops...
associated with many demersal fisheries, including the black spot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo). It is caught by artisanal longline and gillnet fisheries near...
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