Description | Pagellus bogaraveo | Pagellus erythrinus | Pagellus acarne | Pagellus billottii | Pagrus pagrus |
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Body | Oblong | Oval and compressed | fusiform | Oblong and compressed | Oval moderately deep. |
upper profile of head | curved | straight | depressed above eyes | – | – |
Head profile | rounded, snout short; | straight | depressed above eye, snout conical; interorbital space flat | slightly, but regularly convex, becoming steeper from the nape downward in adults, | convex, slightly steeper in front of eye |
Eye diameter | greater than snout length | smaller than snout length | smaller than snout length | – | – |
Scalation on top of head ending | behind a transverse line through middle of eyes | in front of a transverse line through middle of eye | behind a transverse line through middle of eyes | in front of a transverse line through middle of eye | – |
Scale on cheeks | cheeks scaly | cheeks scaly | cheeks scaly | cheeks scaly | 6 or 7 rows of scales on cheeks |
mouth | mouth low, nearly horizontal | mouth low, slightly oblique; lips thick | mouth low, nearly horizontal; lips thick | mouth low, small, slightly oblique | – |
Lateral teeth | molariform | molars in 2 or 3 rows in upper and 2 rows in lower jaw; | molariform | molars arranged in 2 rows | Molariform |
Anterior teeth in each jaw | pointed teeth; followed by numerous sligthly smaller, cardiform teeth | pointed teeth; followed by numerous sligthly smaller, cardiform teeth | pointed teeth; followed by numerous sligthly smaller, cardiform teeth | pointed teeth; followed by numerous sligthly smaller, cardiform teeth | In front of jaws 4 upper and 6 lower stronger canines-like teeth; at back, smaller and obtuse canines |
Gillrakers | 18–19 lower, 11–13 upper. | 8–10 lower, 5–6 upper. | 13–16 lower, 9–12 upper. | 9–10 lower, 5–6 upper. | 8–10 lower, 6–8 upper. |
Dorsal fin rays | XII, XIII + 11–13 | XII + 10–11 | XII. XIII + 12–13 | XII + 11–12 | XII + 9–10 |
Anal fin rays | III + 11, 12 | III + 8, 9 | III + 9, 10 | III + 10 | III + 8, 9 |
lateral line Scales | 68–74 | 55–65 | 65–72 | 54–60 | 52–60 |
Colour of body | a more or less reddish grey, | a moderately bright pink marked with small blue spots on sides | greyish pink, darker on back | more or less bright red with silvery reflections; often blue spots following scale rows on sides | : pink with silvery reflections |
Colour of head | darker on head | head darker, especially between eyes and on snout profile | head darker, particularly between eyes | – | head dark from nape to angle of mouth |
Colour of belly | lighter on belly; | – | lighter on belly | – | lighter on belly |
interior of mouth | orange red | whitish or greyish | orange-red | whitish or greyish | – |
Characteristic colour | a large black blotch at origin of lateral line | posterior dorsal margin of opercle crimson red; a reddish spot on bases of pectoral fins; | a reddish black spot at pectoral fin axils | dark red spot at origin of lateral line and along upper margin of opercle; | caudal fin dark pink, with both tips white |