Sparus aurata

Familia: Sparidae
Genus: Sparus
Species: Sparus aurata

Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758: 277.

Type locality: "Mari Mediterraneo, et Oceano inter Europam Americamque" (per Linnaeus)

Typus: Lost [?]

Etymology: First-declension noun aurāta "sea bream", treated as an invariant noun in apposition per ICZN 31.2.2, rather than from aurātus (“gilded, golden”); Participle (First/second-declension adjective).

• Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758: 277; Linnaeus, 1766: 467; e.g. Fowler, 1936, 2: 820, fig. 354.
• Chrysophrys aurata (Linnaeus); Valenciennes, 1830 [in Cuv. and Val.] 6: 85, pl. 145; See also Murray and Hort, 1912: 403.
• Chrysophrys crassirostris Valenciennes, 1830 in Cuv. and Val., Hist. nat. Poiss., 6: 98, pl. 146
  • Type locality: 'Ajaccio, Péloponnèse'.
    • Typus: Syntypes MNHN no. 8615, 8617.
• Pagrus (Chrysophrys) auratus (Linnaeus); Steindachner, 1867: 658 (plus Chrysophrys crassirostris Valenciennes as junior synonym); or Pagrus auratus (Linnaeus); Day, 1880: 32, pl. 12.
• Aurata aurata (Linnaeus); de Buen, 1935: 114.

[note for Sparus auratus (not Linne) Fowler, 1919: 267 (Gaboon), see Sparus heterodus Peters per Fowler, 1936.]

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 277.   Reference page. 

• de Buen, F. 1935: Fauna ictiológica. Catálogo de los peces Ibéricos: de la planicie continental, aguas dulces, pelágicos y de los abismos próximos. Segunda parte. Notas Resúm. Inst. Esp. Oceanogr., ser. II. (89): 91-143, pl XXI-LII (fig. 40-115)
• Day, F. 1880. The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. 1(1): 1-64, pl. I -XXVII.. London-Edinburgh.
• Fowler, H.W. 1936. The marine fishes of West Africa : based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 70(2): 1–1493, 1 leaf of plates. AMNH.   Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (Regnum Animale). Editio duodecima (12th Ed.), reformata. Tomus 1 (Volume 1), Pars 1 (Part 1): 1–532. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. BHL Reference page. 
• Murray, J., & J. Hort. 1912. The depths of the ocean. A general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic. xx+821 p. 575 fig. + unnumbered fig., 4 maps, 9 pl. London.
• Steindachner, F. 1867. Ichthyologischer Bericht über eine nach Spanien und Portugal untermommene Reise. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 56 1: 603-708, 9 pl.
• Steindachner, F. 1867. Ichthyologischer Bericht über eine nach Spanien und Portugal unternommene Reise. (IV. Fortsetzung.) Übersicht der Meeresfische an den Küsten Spaniens und Portugals. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 56(6): 603–708, 9 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Valenciennes, A. 1930. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. Livre sixième. Partie I. Des Sparoïdes; Partie II. Des Ménides v. 6: i–xxiv + 6 pp. + 1–559, Pls. 141–169. BHL Reference page. 

• BHL bibliography
• Sparus aurata – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sparus aurata.
• ION
• Sparus aurata in the World Register of Marine Species
• Sparus aurata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).