Sparidae

Porgies

163 species

1. 1Acanthopagrus akazakii Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2006ocean · tropical
2. 2Acanthopagrus arabicus Iwatsuki, 2013 · Arabian yellowfin seabreamocean · tropical
3. 3Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) · Yellowfin breambrackish · ocean · temperate
4. 4Acanthopagrus berda (Fabricius, 1775) · Goldsilk seabreamfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
5. 5Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) · Twobar seabreambrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) · Black breamfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
7. 7Acanthopagrus catenula (Lacepède, 1801) · Bridled seabreambrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
8. 8Acanthopagrus chinshira Kume & Yoshino, 2008 · Okinawan yellow-fin seabreamocean · temperate
9. 9Acanthopagrus datnia (Hamilton, 1822) · Bengal yellowfin seabreamfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
10. 10Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) · Yellowfin seabreamfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
11. 11Acanthopagrus morrisonae Iwatsuki, 2013 · Western yellowfin seabreamocean · subtropical
12. 12Acanthopagrus oconnorae Pombo-Ayora & Peinemann, 2022 · Bev Bradley's breambrackish · ocean · tropical
13. 13Acanthopagrus omanensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2010 · Black Margined Seabreamocean · tropical
14. 14Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki, Kume & Yoshino, 2010 · Pacific seabreambrackish · ocean · tropical
15. 15Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley, 1935) · Northwest black breambrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
16. 16Acanthopagrus randalli Iwatsuki & Carpenter, 2009 · Middle East Black Seabreamocean · tropical
17. 17Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854) · Blackhead seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
18. 18Acanthopagrus sheim Iwatsuki, 2013 · Spotted yellowfin seabreamocean · tropical
19. 19Acanthopagrus sivicolus Akazaki, 1962 · Okinawa seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
20. 20Acanthopagrus taiwanensis Iwatsuki & Carpenter, 2006 · Taiwan picnic seabreamocean · temperate
21. 21Acanthopagrus vagus (Peters, 1852) · Wandering seabreamfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
22. 22Amamiichthys matsubarai (Akazaki, 1962) · Japanese blue-spotted seabreamocean · subtropical
23. 23Archosargus pourtalesii (Steindachner, 1881) · Blackspot porgyocean · tropical
24. 24Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792) · Sheepsheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
25. 25Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Western Atlantic seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
26. 26Argyrops bleekeri Oshima, 1927 · Taiwan taibrackish · ocean · tropical
27. 27Argyrops caeruleops Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018 · Bluesnout soldierbreamocean · tropical
28. 28Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) · Soldierbreamocean · tropical · reef
29. 29Argyrops flavops Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018 · Yellow-snout soldierbreamocean · tropical
30. 30Argyrops megalommatus (Klunzinger, 1870) · Red Sea soldierbreamocean · tropical
31. 31Argyrops notialis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018 · Australian soldierbreamocean · tropical
32. 32Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) · King soldierbreamocean · tropical
33. 33Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) · Carpenter seabreamocean · subtropical
34. 34Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) · Bogueocean · subtropical
35. 35Boops lineatus (Boulenger, 1892) · Striped bogaocean · tropical
36. 36Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861 · Fransmadamocean · subtropical · reef
37. 37Calamus arctifrons Goode & Bean, 1882 · Grass porgyocean · tropical
38. 38Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Jolthead porgyocean · subtropical · reef
39. 39Calamus brachysomus (Lockington, 1880) · Pacific porgyocean · subtropical · reef
40. 40Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830) · Saucereye porgyocean · subtropical · reef
41. 41Calamus campechanus Randall & Caldwell, 1966 · Campeche porgyocean · tropical
42. 42Calamus cervigoni Randall & Caldwell, 1966 · Spotfin porgyocean · tropical
43. 43Calamus leucosteus Jordan & Gilbert, 1885 · Whitebone porgyocean · subtropical
44. 44Calamus mu Randall & Caldwell, 1966 · Flathead porgyocean · tropical
45. 45Calamus nodosus Randall & Caldwell, 1966 · Knobbed porgyocean · subtropical · reef
46. 46Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) · Sheepshead porgyocean · tropical · reef
47. 47Calamus pennatula Guichenot, 1868 · Pluma porgyocean · tropical · reef
48. 48Calamus proridens Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 · Littlehead porgyocean · subtropical · reef
49. 49Calamus taurinus (Jenyns, 1840) · Galapagos porgyocean · tropical
50. 50Centracanthus cirrus Rafinesque, 1810 · Curled picarelocean · subtropical
51. 51Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830) · Santer seabreamocean · tropical · reef
52. 52Chrysoblephus anglicus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) · Englishman seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
53. 53Chrysoblephus cristiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) · Daggerhead seabreamocean · subtropical
54. 54Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) · Red stumpnose seabreamocean · subtropical
55. 55Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830) · Roman seabreamocean · tropical
56. 56Chrysoblephus lophus (Fowler, 1925) · False red stumpnoseocean · subtropical
57. 57Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) · Slinger seabreamocean · subtropical
58. 58Crenidens crenidens (Forsskål, 1775) · Karanteen seabreamocean · subtropical
59. 59Crenidens indicus Day, 1873ocean · tropical
60. 60Crenidens macracanthus Günther, 1874 · Günther's karanteenocean · tropical
61. 61Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861) · Black musselcrackerbrackish · ocean · subtropical
62. 62Dentex abei Iwatsuki, Akazaki & Taniguchi, 2007 · Yellowfin sea breamocean · temperate
63. 63Dentex angolensis Poll & Maul, 1953 · Angolan dentexocean · deep-water
64. 64Dentex barnardi Cadenat, 1970 · Barnard's dentexocean · tropical
65. 65Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 · Canary dentexocean · tropical
66. 66Dentex carpenteri Iwatsuki, Newman & Russell, 2015 · Yellow snout seabreamocean · tropical · reef
67. 67Dentex congoensis Poll, 1954 · Congo dentexocean · deep-water
68. 68Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) · Common dentexocean · subtropical
69. 69Dentex fourmanoiri Akazaki & Séret, 1999ocean · deep-water
70. 70Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) · Pink dentexocean · subtropical
71. 71Dentex hypselosomus Bleeker, 1854 · Yellowback sea-breamocean · temperate
72. 72Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) · Large-eye dentexocean · subtropical
73. 73Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830 · Morocco dentexocean · subtropical
74. 74Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910 · Saffronfin sea breamocean · tropical
75. 75Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Annular seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
76. 76Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830) · South American silver porgyocean · subtropical · reef
77. 77Diplodus ascensionis (Valenciennes, 1830)ocean · tropical
78. 78Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882) · Senegal seabreamocean · subtropical
79. 79Diplodus bermudensis Caldwell, 1965 · Bermuda porgyocean · tropical
80. 80Diplodus cadenati de la Paz, Bauchot & Daget, 1974 · Moroccan white seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
81. 81Diplodus capensis (Smith, 1844) · Cape white seabreamocean · tropical · reef
82. 82Diplodus caudimacula (Poey, 1860) · Silver porgyocean · tropical · reef
83. 83Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838) · Zebra seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
84. 84Diplodus fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1830) · Banded seabreamocean · tropical
85. 85Diplodus helenae (Sauvage, 1879) · St. Helena white seabreamocean · tropical
86. 86Diplodus holbrookii (Bean, 1878) · Spottail seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
87. 87Diplodus hottentotus (Smith, 1844) · Zebrabrackish · ocean · subtropical
88. 88Diplodus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1876) · One spot seabreamocean · tropical
89. 89Diplodus levantinus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2016ocean · subtropical · reef
90. 90Diplodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1830)ocean · tropical
91. 91Diplodus noct (Valenciennes, 1830) · Red Sea seabreamocean · tropical · reef
92. 92Diplodus omanensis Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984 · Oman porgyocean · tropical
93. 93Diplodus prayensis Cadenat, 1964 · Two-banded seabreamocean · tropical
94. 94Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792) · Sharpsnout seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
95. 95Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) · White seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
96. 96Diplodus striatus (Bliss, 1883)ocean · tropical · reef
97. 97Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) · Common two-banded seabreamocean · subtropical
98. 98Evynnis cardinalis (Lacepède, 1802) · Threadfin porgyocean · tropical · reef
99. 99Evynnis ehrenbergii (Valenciennes, 1830)ocean · subtropical
100. 100Evynnis mononematos Guan, Tang & Wu, 2012ocean · subtropical
101. 101Evynnis tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) · Yellowback seabreamocean · subtropical
102. 102Gymnocrotaphus curvidens Günther, 1859 · Janbruinocean · subtropical
103. 103Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766) · Pinfishfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
104. 104Lithognathus aureti Smith, 1962 · West coast seabreamocean · tropical
105. 105Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) · White steenbrasbrackish · ocean · subtropical
106. 106Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Sand steenbrasbrackish · ocean · subtropical
107. 107Lithognathus olivieri Penrith & Penrith, 1969 · Steenbrasocean · tropical
108. 108Oblada melanurus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Saddled seabreamocean · subtropical
109. 109Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) · Blue hottentotocean · subtropical
110. 110Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830) · Hottentot seabreamocean · subtropical
111. 111Pachymetopon grande Günther, 1859 · Bronze seabreamocean · subtropical
112. 112Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) · Axillary seabreamocean · subtropical
113. 113Pagellus affinis Boulenger, 1888 · Arabian pandoraocean · tropical
114. 114Pagellus bellottii Steindachner, 1882 · Red pandoraocean · subtropical
115. 115Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) · Blackspot seabreamocean · temperate
116. 116Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Common pandoraocean · subtropical
117. 117Pagellus natalensis Steindachner, 1903 · Natal pandoraocean · subtropical
118. 118Pagrus africanus Akazaki, 1962 · Southern common seabreambrackish · ocean · tropical
119. 119Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) · Silver seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
120. 120Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843 · Redbanded seabreamocean · subtropical
121. 121Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) · Bluespotted seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
122. 122Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) · Red seabreamocean · subtropical
123. 123Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Red porgyocean · subtropical
124. 124Parargyrops edita Tanaka, 1916 · Crimson sea breamfresh · brackish · subtropical
125. 125Petrus rupestris (Valenciennes, 1830) · Red steenbrasbrackish · ocean · subtropical
126. 126Polyamblyodon germanum (Barnard, 1934) · German seabreamocean · subtropical
127. 127Polyamblyodon gibbosum (Pellegrin, 1914) · Knife-back seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
128. 128Polysteganus baissaci Smith, 1978 · Frenchman seabreamocean · tropical
129. 129Polysteganus cerasinus Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 · Cherry seabreamocean · tropical · reef
130. 130Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) · Blueskin seabreamocean · tropical · reef
131. 131Polysteganus flavodorsalis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015ocean · tropical · reef
132. 132Polysteganus lineopunctatus (Boulenger, 1903)ocean · subtropical · reef
133. 133Polysteganus mascarenensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2011 · Mascarene Red Seabreamocean · tropical
134. 134Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859) · Scotsman seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
135. 135Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908) · Seventyfour seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
136. 136Porcostoma dentatum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) · Dane seabreamocean · subtropical · reef
137. 137Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830) · Panga seabreamocean · subtropical
138. 138Rhabdosargus globiceps (Valenciennes, 1830) · White stumpnosebrackish · ocean · tropical
139. 139Rhabdosargus haffara (Fabricius, 1775) · Haffara seabreamocean · tropical · reef
140. 140Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881) · Cape stumpnosebrackish · ocean · subtropical
141. 141Rhabdosargus niger Tanaka & Iwatsuki, 2013ocean · tropical
142. 142Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) · Goldlined seabreambrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
143. 143Rhabdosargus thorpei Smith, 1979 · Bigeye stumpnosefresh · brackish · subtropical
144. 144Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) · Salemabrackish · ocean · subtropical
145. 145Sparidentex belayewi (Hora & Misra, 1943)fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
146. 146Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes, 1830) · Sobaity seabreambrackish · ocean · tropical
147. 147Sparidentex jamalensis Amir, Siddiqui & Masroor, 2014 · Fanged seabreamocean · tropical
148. 148Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861) · Musselcracker seabreamocean · tropical
149. 149Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 · Gilthead seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
150. 150Spicara altum (Osório, 1917) · Bigeye picarelocean · tropical
151. 151Spicara australe (Regan, 1921)ocean · subtropical
152. 152Spicara axillare (Boulenger, 1900)ocean · subtropical
153. 153Spicara flexuosum Rafinesque, 1810ocean · subtropical
154. 154Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) · Blotched picarelocean · subtropical
155. 155Spicara martinicum (Valenciennes, 1830)ocean · tropical
156. 156Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830) · Blackspot picarelocean · tropical
157. 157Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931) · Blacktail picarelocean · tropical
158. 158Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Picarelocean · subtropical
159. 159Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Black seabreamocean · subtropical
160. 160Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes, 1830) · Steentjie seabreambrackish · ocean · subtropical
161. 161Stenotomus caprinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · Longspine porgyocean · subtropical
162. 162Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766) · Scupocean · subtropical
163. 163Virididentex acromegalus (Osório, 1911) · Bulldog dentexocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.