Sparidae
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766)
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766)
Lagodon rhomboides, the pinfish, is a small marine fish found in western North Atlantic coastal waters.
Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829)
White steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus) is an endangered endemic South African sparid fish overfished by illegal seine netting.
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lithognathus mormyrus, the sand steenbras, is a small gregarious protandric hermaphrodite fish caught for human consumption, assessed as least concern.
Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oblada melanura, the saddled seabream, is a small marine fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and nearby seas.
Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830)
Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830)
Pachymetopon blochii is a southern African coastal fish found from Angola to South Africa, living in kelp reef habitats.
Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827)
Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827)
Pagellus acarne, or axillary seabream, is a demersal fish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.
Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagellus erythrinus, the common pandora, is a demersal marine fish found in the eastern Atlantic and nearby seas.
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagrus pagrus, the red porgy, is a demersal protogynous hermaphrodite fish found across both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830)
Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830)
Pterogymnus laniarius, the panga, is a reef-dwelling fish endemic to southern African coastal waters.
Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881)
Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881)
Rhabdosargus holubi is a small silver fish found in several South African estuaries with a distinct gold body stripe.
Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775)
Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775)
Rhabdosargus sarba is a deep-bodied Indo-Pacific fish with striped flanks, found from shallow depths down to 60 m.
Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sarpa salpa, the salema porgy or saupe, is an Atlantic and Mediterranean fish that can cause hallucinogenic poisoning when eaten at certain times.
Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861)
Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861)
Sparodon durbanensis is a declining Southern African fish species currently classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758
Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758
Sparus aurata, the gilt-head bream, is a widely popular edible marine fish found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spicara maena is a variable deep-bodied fish found in the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Seas.
Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spicara smaris, picarel, is an Atlantic and Mediterranean food fish with characteristic body markings and a slender form.
Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spondyliosoma cantharus, the black seabream, is a fin fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas.
Sparidae
Sparidae
Sparidae, the bream fish family, has distinct physical traits, global distribution, and popular culinary members.
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