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Polysteganus
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Polysteganus

Polysteganus is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The fishes in this genus are found in the Indian Ocean.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Seventy-four

speciesPolysteganus undulosus

Scotsman

speciesPolysteganus praeorbitalis

Polysteganus mascarenensis

speciesPolysteganus mascarenensis

Polysteganus cerasinus

speciesPolysteganus cerasinus

Polysteganus flavodorsalis

speciesPolysteganus flavodorsalis

Polysteganus baissaci

speciesPolysteganus baissaci

Polysteganus lineopunctatus

speciesPolysteganus lineopunctatus

Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus

speciesPolysteganus coeruleopunctatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91231.