Sparidae is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Spariformes, the seabreams and porgies, although they were traditionally classified in the order Perciformes. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters around the world and are demersal carnivores.

Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes .

There are 19 species from 6 genera in the Greater Caribbean. PREPARED BY D ROSS ROBERTSON, AFTER CARPENTER (2002)

Unlike other bream species living in the Mediterranean, it has elongated jaws. It is often found in groups formed by other species of fish (bream, salemas). It is highly sought after by fishermen because its flesh has a very fine taste.

May 8, 2020 · The gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata Linné, 1768 (Sparidae) is a common North Atlantic marine species (Béarez et al., 2017; Quero, 1984; Tortonese, 1973) that has a durophagous diet composed essentially of molluscs, decapod crustaceans, sea urchins etc.

fish. One of the most common fishes caught by anglers where it occurs throughout its range. A popular food fish in Australia, caught mostly by hook-and-line by anglers and commercially caught with tunnel nets, gill nets, and to a lesser extent as bycatch in trawling and trapping fisheries. Distribution: Australia, from Townsville south on the east

Aug 1, 2004 · Sparinae have jaws with bluntly rounded posterior molars and enlarged front teeth, and are carnivorous on crustaceans, mollusks, and small fishes. Akazaki (1962) further subdivided Sparinae by erecting two new subfamilies, Diplodinae and Pagrinae. Diplodinae have six to eight anterior teeth in the jaws and obliquely projecting incisors.

A new sparid fish of genus Sparidentex (Perciformes: Sparidae) from coastal waters of Pakistan (North Western Indian Ocean). Pakistan J. Zool. 46(2):471-477. (Ref. 95680)

Dec 11, 2022 · Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) – rather deep bodied fish of the Sparidae family with a relatively small head. The jaws reach the anterior edge of the eye from behind. The teeth are sharp, thinning, slightly crooked, and not very large.

Aug 25, 2021 · The studied dead fish, an adult specimen (385 mm total lenght) was purchased in a fishmonger's. The upper and lower jaws of the fish (Figure 1) were sampled and soaked in boiling water to remove the soft flesh and air dried. The right upper jaw was used for the com-puted tomography (CT) scan study and the left one for ground sections. 2.2 | Methods