Polysteganus

Polysteganus

Polysteganus praeorbitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870

Polysteganus is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

Polysteganus baissaci M. M. Smith, 1978 (French-man seabream)
Polysteganus cerasinus Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 ^[1]
Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger, 1870) (Blue-skin seabream) ^[1]
Polysteganus flavodorsalis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2015 ^[1]
Polysteganus lineopunctatus (Boulenger, 1903) ^[1]
Polysteganus mascarenensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2011 (Mascarene red seabream)
Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859) (Scots-man seabream)
Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908) (Seventy-four seabream)

References

1 2 3 4 Iwatsuki, Y. & Heemstra, P.C. (2015): Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4059 (1): 133–150.

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