Spicara
| Spicara | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Blotched picarel (S. maena) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centracanthidae |
| Genus: | Spicara Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Spicara flexuosa Rafinesque, 1810 | |
Spicara is a genus of picarels native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Indian Ocean.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Spicara alta (Osório, 1917) (bigeye picarel)
- Spicara australis (Regan, 1921)
- Spicara axillaris (Boulenger, 1900)
- Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) (blotched picarel)
- Spicara martinicus (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830) (blackspot picarel)
- Spicara nigricauda (Norman, 1931) (blacktail picarel)
- Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (picarel)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Spicara in FishBase. February 2013 version.