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Longspine Porgy

Stenotomus caprinus

Classification

Family
Sparidae

Stenotomus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Stenotomus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1864 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Sparus argyrops as its only species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 29