''Polysteganus'' is a
genus
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of fish in the
family
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Sparidae
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...
.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Polysteganus baissaci''
M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
* ''
Polysteganus cerasinus''
Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 [Iwatsuki, Y. & Heemstra, P.C. (2015): Redescriptions of ''Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus'' (Klunzinger 1870) and ''P. lineopunctatus'' (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. ''Zootaxa, 4059 (1): 133–150.'']
* ''
Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus
''Polysteganus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Polysteganus baissaci'' M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
* '' Polysteganus cerasinus'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra ...
''
( Klunzinger, 1870) (Blue-skin seabream)
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* '']Polysteganus flavodorsalis
''Polysteganus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Polysteganus baissaci'' M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
* '' Polysteganus cerasinus'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra ...
'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 [
* '']Polysteganus lineopunctatus
''Polysteganus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Polysteganus baissaci'' M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
* '' Polysteganus cerasinus'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra ...
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, 1903) [
* '']Polysteganus mascarenensis
''Polysteganus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Polysteganus baissaci'' M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
* '' Polysteganus cerasinus'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra ...
'' Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2011 (Mascarene red seabream)
* ''Polysteganus praeorbitalis
''Polysteganus praeorbitalis'', the Scotsman or Scotsman seabream, is a species of marine fish in the seabream family (Sparidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to Southern Africa.
Description
Body is oblong, robust, and slightly compressed, ...
'' ( Günther, 1859) (Scotsman seabream)
* ''Polysteganus undulosus
''Polysteganus'' is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Polysteganus baissaci'' M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
* '' Polysteganus cerasinus'' Iwatsuki & Heemstr ...
'' (Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1908) (Seventy-four seabream)
References
Sparidae
Taxa named by Carl Benjamin Klunzinger
Marine fish genera
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