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Sparus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Sparus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sparidae by Danil'chenko (1980) and Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003); and to Sparidae by Arambourg (1927), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Gol'din et al. (2020) and Argyriou (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sparus Linnaeus p. 277
1927Sparus Arambourg p. 116
1946Sparus Casier p. 135
1958Sparus Casier p. 25
1980Sparus Danil'chenko p. 136
2002Sparus Sepkoski
2003Sparus Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 126
2020Sparus Gol'din et al. p. 7
2022Sparus Argyriou p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familySparidaeBonaparte 1832
genusSparus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sparus Linnaeus 1758
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Sparus brusinai Kramberger 1882
Sparus caraibaeus Casier 1958
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843
Sparus compactus Arambourg 1927
Sparus neogenus Arambourg 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available