South-American Silver Porgy

Diplodus argenteus, the silver porgy, is an ocean-going species of sparid fish (seabream/porgies). It is also called the South American silver porgy and the white bream in Uruguay, plus the silver seabream and the sargo, though the latter three names are also used for other fish species as well. Taxonomy and naming The silver porgy was originally described in 1830 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes as Sargus argenteus, but it was later moved from the genus Sargus into Diplodus.

Diplodus est un genre de poissons marins de la famille des Sparidae communément appelés « sars ». La plupart des espèces vivent dans les eaux tempérées de l'Atlantique et de Méditerranée.

El sargo común (Diplodus sargus sargus) es un pez de la familia de los espáridos, muy común en el Mar Mediterráneo. ​ Otro sinónimo hoy no aceptado es Sparus sargus. En algunos sitios se le denomina chopa, por ser muy parecido a la verdadera chopa.