''Boops'' (; from

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, literally 'cow-eye') is a genus of ray-finned saltwater fishes. The genus contains two species, '' B. boops'' and '' B. lineatus''. ''

Sarpa salpa ''Sarpa salpa'', known commonly as the dreamfish, salema, salema porgy, cow bream or goldline, is a species of sea bream, recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the length of its body, and which can cause ichthyoallyeinotoxism when ea ...

'' was once assigned to ''Boops''.

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Sciaenidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Fish of the Mediterranean Sea {{Perciformes-stub