''Spicara'' is a

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of picarels native to the eastern

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and the western

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Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: * '' Spicara alta'' ( Osório, 1917) (Bigeye picarel) * '' Spicara australis'' (

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, 1921) * '' Spicara axillaris'' (

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, 1900) * ''

Spicara flexuosa ''Spicara maena'', the blotched picarel, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The male grows to a maximum length of about , and the female reaches . This fish is fished co ...

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Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...

, 1810) * ''

Spicara maena ''Spicara maena'', the blotched picarel, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The male grows to a maximum length of about , and the female reaches . This fish is fished co ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758) (Blotched picarel) * '' Spicara martinicus'' (

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

, 1830) * '' Spicara melanurus'' Valenciennes, 1830) (Blackspot picarel) * '' Spicara nigricauda'' (

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, 1931) (Blacktail picarel) * ''

Spicara smaris ''Spicara smaris'', one of the picarels, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It grows to a maximum length of about ; females are usually smaller than males. Description ' ...

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, 1758) (Picarel)

References

Sparidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Perciformes-stub