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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Diplodus: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Etymology: Diplodus: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Issue
Issue on validity of subspecies: subspecies considered as valid in FB, elevated to species rank as Diplodus omanensis Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984 in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2011: Ref. 86697). Please send references, or more studies are needed.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 55 - ? m (Ref. 58018). Tropical
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Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (southern Oman and Pakistan).
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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Pectoral fins reaching to above third anal spine; body silvery with four broad black bars; two short narrow black bars ventrally in the first silver interspace on body and one on second; head with a black bar through eye; snout partly yellow (Ref. 11441).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Occurs inshore, over rocky bottom.
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Amir, S.A., F. Tanaka, P.J. Siddiqui and Y. Iwatsuki, 2013. First records of two sparid species Diplodus omanensis and Pagellus affinis (Perciformes: Sparidae) from western coast of Pakistan. Cybium 37(3):220-222. (Ref. 94044)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 December 2009
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