Pagellus

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Pagellus
Temporal range: Eocene–Holocene, 231.4 - 0 Mya
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Pagellus bogaraveo
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Pagellus
Valenciennes, 1830
Type species
Sparus erythrinus
Species

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Synonyms [2]

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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Taxonomy

Pagellus was first proposed as a genus in 1830 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes. The type species was subsequently designated as Sparus erythrinus by Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest in 1856. [2] Linnaeus described S. erythrinus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as the Mediterranean and America. [3] This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World . [4] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Pagellinae, [5] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae. [4]

Etymology

Pagellus is derived from pagel, one of the common names of the common pandora among sailors in Mediterranean coasts of the Provence and Languedoc regions of France (also known as pageau). [6]

Species

Pagellus contains the following species: [7]

Characteristics

Pageluus seabreams are characterised by having an oblong-shaped body that is normally silvery pink in colour. The scales on the head extend to beyond the front of the eyes. The bases of the dorsal and anal fins are covered with a low sheath covered in scales. [8] The largest of the six species in Pagellus is the blackspot seabream (P. bogaraveo) with a maximum published standard length of 70 cm (28 in) ahile teh smallest is the Natal pandora (P. natalensis) with s maximum published total length of 30 cm (12 in). [7]

Distribution and habitat

Pagellus seabreams are found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea between the North Sea [9] and Angola. [10] with 2 species in the western Indian Ocean. [8] These seabreams are demersal fish found over various substrates at depths from the shallows down to 700 m (2,300 ft). [11]

Fisheries

Pagellus seabreams are components of fisheries wherever they occur, although P. natalensis is too small to be targeted. However, the four eastern Atlantic species and P.affinis are targeted by commercial fisheries and are important food fish. [12] [8]

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<i>Dentex</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Pagellus natalensis</i> Species of fish

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<i>Pachymetopon grande</i> Species of fish

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<i>Pagellus affinis</i> Species of fish

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References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sparidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pagellus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 502–506. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN   2015037522. OCLC   951899884. OL   25909650M.
  5. ↑ Parenti, P. (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 47–98.
  6. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (12 January 2024). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6): Families GERREIDAE, LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  7. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Pagellus in FishBase . October 2023 version.
  8. 1 2 3 Yukio Iwatsuki and Phillip C Heemstra (2022). "Family Sparidae". In Phillip C Heemstra; Elaine Heemstra; David A Ebert; Wouter Holleman; and John E Randall (eds.). Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean (PDF). Vol. 3. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. pp. 284–315. ISBN   978-1-990951-32-9.
  9. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Pagellus erythrinus" in FishBase . October 2023 version.
  10. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Pagellus bellottii" in FishBase . October 2023 version.
  11. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Pagellus bogaraveo" in FishBase . October 2023 version.
  12. ↑ Víctor Sanz-Fernández; Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Estrada; Inmaculada Pulido-Calvo (2022). "Pagellus genus catches time series in the FAO Major Fishing Areas 27 and 34: Analysis of fishery behaviour". Marine Policy. 136: 104912. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104912.
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