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Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Calamus bajonado, the jolthead porgy, is a distinct dull silver porgy species found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Calamus calamus, the saucereye porgy, is a western Atlantic fish that lives on coral reefs and feeds on small marine invertebrates.

Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792)

Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792)

Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792)

Archosargus probatocephalus is a Western Atlantic fish with distinctive dark flank bars that prefers brackish coastal habitats.

Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Archosargus rhomboidalis, the Western Atlantic seabream, is a small fish found in the Western Atlantic, inhabiting mangrove and coastal habitats.

Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)

Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)

Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)

Diplodus cervinus, the annular seabream, is a striped sparid fish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792)

Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792)

Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792)

Diplodus puntazzo, the sharpsnout seabream, is a demersal marine fish native to the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplodus annularis, the annular seabream, is a fish species found across parts of the Mediterranean, Black, Azov, and Eastern Atlantic waters.

Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Diplodus vulgaris is the common two-banded seabream, a fish found in the northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea.

Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844)

Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844)

Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844)

This is a description of the fish species Diplodus capensis, covering its morphology, coloration, size, distribution and habitat.

Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplodus sargus, the white seabream, is a marine fish found in the northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea.

Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Diplodus argenteus, the silver porgy, is a silvery porgy fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the US Gulf coast to northern Patagonia.

Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878)

Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878)

Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878)

Diplodus holbrookii, the spottail pinfish, is a western Atlantic fish with distinctive markings that lives in shallow coastal seagrass habitats.

Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844)

Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844)

Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844)

Diplodus hottentotus is a striped, sedentary marine fish found in southern African coastal waters.

Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766)

Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766)

Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766)

Stenotomus chrysops, commonly called scup or porgy, is a US Atlantic fish targeted by commercial and recreational fishers.

Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859)

Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859)

Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859)

Acanthopagrus australis, or yellowfin bream, is a fish species native to Australia’s east coast, occasionally found in New Zealand.

Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Acanthopagrus latus, or yellowfin seabream, is a fish species found in shallow coastal Western Pacific East Asian waters.

Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949)

Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949)

Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949)

Acanthopagrus butcheri, the southern black bream, is an endemic Australian fish species found in southern coastal and estuarine habitats.

Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854)

Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854)

Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854)

Acanthopagrus schlegelii is a fish species with defined fin characteristics found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Acanthopagrus bifasciatus, the twobar seabream, is a reef fish native to the northwestern Indian Ocean that can reach 60 cm long.

Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)

Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)

Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758)

Boops boops, also called bogue, is an eastern Atlantic seabream that is commercially fished and used to monitor Mediterranean microplastic pollution.

Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861

Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861

Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861

Boopsoidea inornata is an endemic South African fish species with bronze to silver adult bodies that reaches up to 30 cm long.

Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830)

Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830)

Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830)

Chrysoblephus laticeps is an endemic Southern African colourful sea bream found on reefs from 0 to 100 m deep.

Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dentex dentex, the common dentex, is a benthopelagic fish found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean/Black Seas.

Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859

Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859

Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859

Gymnocrotaphus curvidens is a reef fish endemic to South African coasts, with a maximum length of 50 cm.

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