Acanthopagrus berda

BéarlaThis species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: scale rows between fifth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 3.5; front edge of dorsal scaly area on head slightly convex, with small scales (fewer than 20) anteriorly; pored lateral-line scales 42-44; second anal-fin spine (2AS) longer than third anal-fin spine (3AS), 2AS/3AS ratio 1.23-1.50 (mean 1.36); strongly curved concavity on ventral edge of first two infraorbitals above rear end of maxilla, particularly obvious in specimens more than 13 cm SL; scales on preopercle flange absent; anal-fin membrane dark; molariform teeth strongly developed along both jaws, teeth rows strongly curved laterally at rear of lower jaw (Ref. 83673).

• Sparus calamara Cuvier, 1829
• Chrysophrys berda (Forsskål, 1775)
• Pagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775)
• Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775)
• Sparus madagascariensis (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Chrysophrys berda calamara Day, 1876
• Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
• Acanthopagrus bertha (Forsskål, 1775)
• Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775
• Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830
• Sparus hasta Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Acanthopagrus calamara (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Pagrus robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
• Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830