Pagellus (Noun)
Meaning
Sea breams.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Pagellus erythrinus, also known as the common pandora, is a species of sea bream that inhabits the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
- Pagellus pagellus is commonly referred to as the European red sea bream, a commercially valuable fish in many parts of Europe.
- In fisheries, Pagellus centrodontus is a type of pinkish-pigmented sea bream found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic and the Caribbean.
- Pagellus natalensis is native to the Indian and Atlantic oceans, where it prefers tropical coastal waters with rocky outcrops.
- Some Mediterranean countries prefer Pagellus bogaraveo as a delicacy due to its distinctive black spots on a silvery-pink background.