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.
| Pagellus Temporal range: [1]
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| Pagellus bogaraveo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Pagellus Valenciennes, 1830 |
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| Sparus erythrinus | |
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Taxonomy
editPagellus 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
editPagellus 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
editPagellus contains the following species:[7]
- Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) (Axillary seabream)
- Pagellus affinis Boulenger, 1888 (Arabian seabream)
- Pagellus bellottii Steindachner, 1882 (Red Pandora)
- Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) (Blackspot seabream)
- Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus 1758) (Common pandora)
- Pagellus natalensis Steindachner, 1903 (Natal pandora)
Characteristics
editPageluus 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) while the smallest is the Natal pandora (P. natalensis) with a maximum published total length of 30 cm (12 in).[7]
Distribution and habitat
editPagellus 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
editPagellus 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]
References
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Parenti, P. (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 47–98.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pagellus". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pagellus erythrinus". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pagellus bellottii". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pagellus bogaraveo". FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ 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. hdl:10272/22858.