Boops
| Boops Temporal range:
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| Boops boops | |
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| 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 Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, and the other in the Western Indian Ocean.