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Definition of Family Sparidae
1. Noun. Porgies; scups.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Sparid, Sparid Fish, Genus Pagrus, Pagrus, Genus Pagellus, Pagellus, Archosargus, Genus Archosargus, Genus Lagodon, Lagodon, Calamus, Genus Calamus, Chrysophrys, Genus Chrysophrys, Genus Stenotomus, Stenotomus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sparidae
Literary usage of Family Sparidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"Pigfish or Sailors choice, Orthopristis chrysopterus 3 years Family SPARIDAE (Porgies).
Scup or Porgy, Stenotomus chrysops 4 years Pinfish, ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"A British name for several fishes of the family Sparidae (qv ), especially a
common and useful species ..."
3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"... on the German and Holland coasts are packed as sardines and sent into this
country as sardines. Scup.—The scup is a fish (family Sparidae) which is ..."
4. Reports of Geological Explorations by New Zealand Geological Survey (1894)
"... Castle Hill, and other places This group of teeth appears to be closely related
to the fishes comprised in the family Sparidae, whose dentition consists ..."