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sea bream

DEFINITIONS OF: sea bream

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n any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae

Synonyms:
bream
Types:
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Brama raii, pomfret
deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
porgy
important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
European sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus
food fish of European coastal waters
Archosargus rhomboidalis, Atlantic sea bream
sea bream of warm Atlantic waters
Chrysophrys australis, black bream
important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia
Pagrus pagrus, red porgy
food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
Calamus penna, sheepshead porgy
from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
Stenotomus chrysops, northern porgy, northern scup, scup
found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
Stenotomus aculeatus, scup, southern porgy, southern scup
porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

n flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

Synonyms:
bream
Type of:
saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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