Chrysoblephus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, the sea breams and porgies.

Chrysoblephus was first proposed, as a subgenus of Chrysophrys, in 1839 by the English naturalist and artist William Swainson.

[1] Chrysophrys gibbericeps was first described in 1830 by Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

[7] The largest species in the genus is the Englishman seabream with a maximum published total length of 100 cm (39 in) while the smallest are the Roman sea bream and the false stumpnose which each have maximum published total lengths of 50 cm (20 in).

[7] Chrysoblephus seabreams are pupular fishes to commercial and recreational fishers in South Africa, where they are known as reds.