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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:  
                                     GenusAcanthopagrus Peters, 1855  
                                     GenusAllotaius Whitley, 1937  
                                     GenusArchosargus Gill, 1865 – sheepshead porgies 
                                     GenusArgyrops Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusArgyrozona Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusBoops Cuvier, 1814  
                                     GenusBoopsoidea Castelnau, 1861  
                                     GenusCalamus Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusCheimerius Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusChrysoblephus Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusChrysophrys Quoy and Gaimard, 1824  
                                     GenusCrenidens Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
                                     GenusCymatoceps Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusDentex Cuvier, 1814  
                                     GenusDiplodus Rafinesque, 1810 – spottail porgies 
                                     GenusEvynnis Jordan and Thompson, 1912  
                                     GenusGymnocrotaphus Günther, 1859  
                                     GenusLagodon Holbrook, 1855 – pinfishes 
                                     GenusLithognathus Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusOblada Cuvier, 1829  
                                     GenusPachymetopon Günther, 1859  
                                     GenusPagellus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
                                     GenusPagrus Cuvier, 1816  
                                     GenusParargyrops Tanaka, 1916  
                                     GenusPetrus Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusPolyamblyodon Norman, 1935  
                                     GenusPolysteganus Klunzinger, 1870  
                                     GenusPorcostoma Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusPterogymnus Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusPuntazzo Bleeker, 1876  
                                     GenusRhabdosargus Fowler, 1933  
                                     GenusSarpa Bonaparte, 1831  
                                     GenusSparidentex Munro, 1948  
                                     GenusSparodon Smith, 1938  
                                     GenusSparus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     GenusSpondyliosoma Cantor, 1849  
                                     GenusStenotomus Gill, 1865  
                                     GenusVirididentex 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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