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Sparidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169180

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): dorades [French]
  
    plumas [Spanish]
  
    porgies [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilySparidae  – dorades, plumas, porgies  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855  
                                     Genus Allotaius Whitley, 1937  
                                     Genus Archosargus Gill, 1865 – sheepshead porgies 
                                     Genus Argyrops Swainson, 1839  
                                     Genus Argyrozona Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Boops Cuvier, 1814  
                                     Genus Boopsoidea Castelnau, 1861  
                                     Genus Calamus Swainson, 1839  
                                     Genus Cheimerius Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Chrysoblephus Swainson, 1839  
                                     Genus Chrysophrys Quoy and Gaimard, 1824  
                                     Genus Crenidens Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
                                     Genus Cymatoceps Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Dentex Cuvier, 1814  
                                     Genus Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 – spottail porgies 
                                     Genus Evynnis Jordan and Thompson, 1912  
                                     Genus Gymnocrotaphus Günther, 1859  
                                     Genus Lagodon Holbrook, 1855 – pinfishes 
                                     Genus Lithognathus Swainson, 1839  
                                     Genus Oblada Cuvier, 1829  
                                     Genus Pachymetopon Günther, 1859  
                                     Genus Pagellus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
                                     Genus Pagrus Cuvier, 1816  
                                     Genus Parargyrops Tanaka, 1916  
                                     Genus Petrus Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Polyamblyodon Norman, 1935  
                                     Genus Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870  
                                     Genus Porcostoma Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Pterogymnus Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Puntazzo Bleeker, 1876  
                                     Genus Rhabdosargus Fowler, 1933  
                                     Genus Sarpa Bonaparte, 1831  
                                     Genus Sparidentex Munro, 1948  
                                     Genus Sparodon Smith, 1938  
                                     Genus Sparus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     Genus Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1849  
                                     Genus Stenotomus Gill, 1865  
                                     Genus Virididentex Poll, 1971  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Sparidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sparidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Sparidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sparidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: dorades[French], plumas [Spanish], porgies [English]   
       

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