Chrysoblephus

Chrysoblephus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the sea breams and porgies. The fish in this genus are found in the western Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean.

==Taxonomy== Chrysoblephus was first proposed, as a subgenus of Chrysophrys, in 1839 by the English naturalist and artist William Swainson. Swainson only classified one species, Chrysophrys gibbiceps, in the new taxon so that species is the type species of Chrysoblephus by monotypy. Chrysophrys gibbericeps was first described in 1830 by Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World. Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.