| Boops | |
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| Boops boops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Boops Cuvier, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Sparus boops Linnaeus, 1758
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Boops /ˈboʊ.ɒps/ is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. There are two species in this genus, one in the Western Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the other in the Western Indian Ocean.
- ^ Parenti, Paolo (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2).
- ^ Fowler, Henry W. (1936). "The Marine Fishes of West Africa Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part II". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 70: 848–850. hdl:2246/1072.