Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Figure 26m –o View Fig Material 39 specimens, Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean (figured specimen SMF PO 101.290).

Discussion Otoliths of Pagrus pagrus are very similar to those of Pagellus erythrinus differing mainly in being slightly more elongate (OL:OH = 1.45–1.5 vs 1.4), which is partly counterbalanced by a more pronounced middorsal projection ( Fig. 26m View Fig ). Pagrus pagrus , Pagellus erythrinus and Pagellus bellottii are resolved in one clade in the molecular phylogenetic studies in Chiba et al. (2009) and Santini et al. (2014). Otolith morphology confirms such interrelationships.