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Sparidae

Sparidae

Translingual

Proper noun

Sparidae

  1. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Percoidea – the porgies or sea breams.

Hyponyms

  • Acanthopagrus
  • Allotaius
  • Archosargus
  • Argyrops
  • Argyrozona
  • Boops
  • Boopsoidea
  • Calamus
  • Cheimerius
  • Chrysoblephus
  • Chrysophrys
  • Crenidens
  • Cymatoceps
  • Dentex
  • Diplodus
  • Evynnis
  • Gymnocrotaphus
  • Lagodon
  • Lithognathus
  • Oblada
  • Pachymetopon
  • Pagellus
  • Pagrus
  • Parargyrops
  • Petrus
  • Polyamblyodon
  • Polysteganus
  • Porcostoma
  • Pterogymnus
  • Rhabdosargus
  • Sarpa
  • Sparidentex
  • Sparodon
  • Sparus
  • Spondyliosoma
  • Stenotomus
  • Virididentex

See also

Etymology

Sparus +‎ -idae

From Latin sparus ‎(“spear, javelin”).

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