Description
Family Sparidae
Chiefly marine ; very rare in fresh- and brackish water. Distribution: tropical and temperate Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Dorsal fin usually having 10-13 spines; soft rays 10-15. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 8-14. Maxilla hidden by a sheath when mouth is closed . Branchiostegal rays 6. Vertebrae 24 (10 + 14). To about 1.2 m maximum length . Carnivores of hard-shelled benthic invertebrates . Many species have been found to be hermaphroditic ; some have male and female gonads simultaneously; others change sex as they get larger. Premier food and game fishes . Many species around southern Africa . A few species have been implicated in cases of ciguatera (Ref. 4537).The family Sparidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 35 genera and 112 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, sparoides = a fish with golden head . 1668
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
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- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
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- Family:
Sparidae
()
- Porgys and Seabreams
- Genus:
Rabdasargus
()
- Specific name:
sarba
- Scientific name: - Rabdasargus sarba
- Specific name:
sarba
- Genus:
Rabdasargus
(
- Family:
Sparidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rabdasargus
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17510209
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3755570
