Biology:Spicara
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Spicara | |
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| Spicara maena | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Spicara Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Spicara flexuosa Rafinesque, 1810
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Spicara is a genus of picarels native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Indian Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Spicara alta (Osório, 1917) (Bigeye picarel)
- Spicara australis (Regan, 1921)
- Spicara axillaris (Boulenger, 1900)
- Spicara flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1810)[2][3]
- Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blotched picarel)
- Spicara martinicus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Spicara melanurus Valenciennes, 1830) (Blackspot picarel)
- Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931) (Blacktail picarel)
- Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Picarel)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Spicara in FishBase. August 2015 version.
- ↑ Bektas Y.; Aksu I.; Kalayci G.; Irmak E.; Engin S.; Turan D. (2018). "Genetic differentiation of three Spicara (Pisces: Centracanthidae) species, S. maena, S. flexuosa and S. smaris: and intraspecific substructure of S. flexuosa in Turkish coastal waters". Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 18 (2): 301–311. doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v18_2_09.
- ↑ Imsiridou A.; Minos G.; Gakopoulou A.; Katsares V.; Karidas T.; Katselis G. (2011). "Discrimination of two picarel species Spicara flexuosa and Spicara maena (Pisces: Centracanthidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences". Journal of Fish Biology 78 (1): 373–377. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02858.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q1408619 entry
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