Polysteganus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Spariformes

Familia: Sparidae
Genus: Polysteganus
Species: P. baissaci – P. cerasinus – P. coeruleopunctatus – P. flavodorsalis – P. lineopunctatus – P. mascarenensis – P. praeorbitalis – P. undulosus
Name

Polysteganus Klunzinger, 1870: 763

Type species: Dentex (Polysteganus) coeruleopunctatus ♂ Klunzinger, 1870. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, 1919: 359
Synonyms

Axineceps (subgenus of Polysteganus) Smith, 1938
Polysteganus (Axineceps) Smith, 1938

Polysteganus praeorbitalis

Refereces

Klunzinger, C.B. 1870: Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 20: 669–834.
Iwatsuki , Y.; Heemstra, P.C. 2011: Polysteganus mascarenensis, a new sparid fish species from Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3018: 13–20. Preview

Links

ION [needs update]
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Polysteganus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Polysteganus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

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) (Scotsman seabream)
Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908) (Seventy-four seabream)

References

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.