Boops

Boops
	Boops boops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Spariformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Boops; Cuvier, 1814
Type species
	Sparus boops; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Box Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 ; Exocallus de la Pylaie, 1835;

Boops is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. There are two species in this genus, one in the Western Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the other in the Western Indian Ocean.

Taxonomy

Boops was first proposed as a genus in 1814 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with Sparus boops being its type species by "absolute tautonymy.^[3] This taxon is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.^[4] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Boopsinae,^[1] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.^[4]

Species

Boops contains 2 species:^[5]

Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bogue)
Boops lineata (Boulenger, 1892) (Striped boga)

References

^ ^a ^b Parenti, Paolo (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2).
^ Fowler, Henry W. (1936). "The Marine Fishes of West Africa Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part II". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 70: 848–850. hdl:2246/1072.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 502–506. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Boops in FishBase. October 2023 version.

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[Parenti-1] Parenti, Paolo (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2).

[2] Fowler, Henry W. (1936). "The Marine Fishes of West Africa Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part II". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 70: 848–850. hdl:2246/1072.

[CofF-3] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[Nelson5-4] Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 502–506. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.

[Fishbase-5] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Boops in FishBase. October 2023 version.

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