Stenotomus

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

==Taxonomy== Stenotomus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1864 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Sparus argyrops as its only species. S. argyrops was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae published in 1766 with its type localities given as Carolina and Jamaica. Sp. aryrops is now regarded as a junior synonym of Sparus chrysops. This genus is classified 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 Pagellinae, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.