Common bream

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Centracanthus cirrus

Two genera of sea fish were designated as snout bream or lax fish, which today are counted among the sea ​​bream (Sparidae). Until recently, under the scientific name Centracanthidae, they were an independent family within the perch relatives (Percomorphaceae).

features

They are 20 to 38 centimeters long fish that live in the eastern Atlantic , the Mediterranean and the coasts of South Africa . They feed on plankton, which they filter out of the water with their six gill rays. Your upper jaw can be pushed forward very far. All types have 24 vertebrae .

Fin formula : dorsal XI – XIII / 9 - 17, anal III / 9 - 16

species

Spicara smaris

Nine species in two genera were counted among the snouted bream:

• Genus Centracanthus
  • Centracanthus cirrus Rafinesque , 1810 .
• Genus Spicara
  • Spicara alta (Osório, 1917) .
  • Spicara australis (Regan, 1921) .
  • Spicara axillaris ( Boulenger , 1900) .
  • Spicara maena ( Linnaeus , 1758) .
  • Spicara martinicus ( Valenciennes , 1830) .
  • Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830) .
  • Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931) .
  • Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Systematics

In a study on the internal systematics of sea bream it was found that the Sparidae are monophyletic only when including the genus Spicara from the family of snout bream . In October 2015 this was also determined for Centracanthus and the family Centracanthidae was synonymous with the Sparidae (sea bream) .

literature

• Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ et al. 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .

Web links

Commons : Centracanthidae  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Schnauzenbrassen on Fishbase.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fishbase 9 Species of Family Centracanthidae
2. ↑ Thomas M. Orrella, Kent E. Carpenter: A phylogeny of the fish family Sparidae (porgies) inferred from mitochondrial sequence data . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (2004) 425–434 PDF ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Thomas M. Orrella, Kent E. Carpenter, John A. Musick, John E. Graves: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Analysis of the Sparidae (Perciformes: Percoidei) from Cytochrome b Sequences . Copeia, 2002 (3), pp. 618–631 PDF ( Memento of the original dated March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Millicent D. Sanciangco, Kent E. Carpenter & Ricardo Betancur-R. 2015. Phylogenetic placement of enigmatic percomorph families (Teleostei: Percomorphaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. October 2015, doi: 10.1016 / j.ympev.2015.10.006