Seabreams and Porgies - Family: Sparidae
Yellow-fin Bream - Acanthopargus australis
Black Bream - Acanthopargus butcheri
Frypan Bream - Argyrops spinifer
Australasian Snapper - Chrysophrys auratus
Yellow-back Bream - Dentex spariformes
Tarwhine - Rhabdosargus sarga
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Acanthuriformes (Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes and Allies)
> Family: Sparidae (Seabreams and Porgies)
> Genus: Acanthopagrus
> Species: A. australis - Yellow-fin Bream
> Species: A. butcheri - Black Bream
> Genus: Argyrops
> Species: A. spinifer - Frypan Bream
> Genus: Chrysophrys
> Species: C. auratus - Australasian Snapper
> Genus: Dentex (Dentexes)
> Species: D. spariformes - Yellow-back Bream
> Genus: Rhabdosargus (Stumpnoses)
> Species: R. sarga - Tarwhine
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