Rhabdosargus

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: Rhabdosargus
Species: R. globiceps – R. haffara – R. holubi – R. niger – R. sarba – R. thorpei
Name

Rhabdosargus Fowler, 1933

Type species: Sargus auriventris Peters, 1855

Synonyms

Austrosparus Smith, 1938
Prionosparus (subgenus of Austrosparus) Smith, 1942

References

Fowler, H. W. 1933. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Banjosidae...Enoplosidae collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, 12: i–vi + 1–465. Reference page.

Links

Rhabdosargus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Rhabdosargus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2023.

Vernacular names

Rhabdosargus is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.
Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

Rhabdosargus globiceps Valenciennes, 1830 (White stumpnose)
Rhabdosargus haffara Forsskål, 1775 (Haffara seabream)
Rhabdosargus holubi Steindachner, 1881 (Cape stumpnose)
Rhabdosargus niger F. Tanaka & Iwatsuki, 2013 (Blackish stumpnose) [1]
Rhabdosargus sarba Forsskål, 1775 (Goldlined seabream)
Rhabdosargus thorpei M. M. Smith, 1979 (Bigeye stumpnose)

References

Tanaka, F. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2013):Rhabdosargus niger (Perciformes: Sparidae), a new sparid species from Indonesia, with taxonomic status of the nominal species synonymized under Rhabdosargus sarba. Ichthyological Research, 60 (4): 343-352.