Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Eupercaria incertae sedis

Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Centracanthidae*	Gill, 1893	synonym

Children

Boops Cuvier, 1814
Centracanthus Rafinesque, 1810
Chrysophrys Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Crenidens Valenciennes, 1830
Dentex Cuvier, 1814
Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810
Lithognathus Swainson, 1839
Oblada Cuvier, 1829
Pagellus Valenciennes, 1830
Pagrus Cuvier, 1816
Rhabdosargus Fowler, 1933
Sarpa Bonaparte, 1831
Sparus Linnaeus, 1758
Spicara Rafinesque, 1810
Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1849

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: porgies sources: MASDEA (1997).

German: Brassen sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: タイ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: havkarussfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: havkarussfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: havsrudefiskar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125564