sparid

Synonyms:

sparid fish

Types:

Archosargus probatocephalus, sheepshead

large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico

Lagodon rhomboides, pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish

similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

Chrysophrys auratus, snapper

Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

Type of:

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes