see text Pagellus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies.

The type species was subsequently designated as Sparus erythrinus by Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest in 1856.

[2] Linnaeus described S. erythrinus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as the Mediterranean and America.

[6] Pagellus contains the following species:[7] Pageluus seabreams are characterised by having an oblong-shaped body that is normally silvery pink in colour.

However, the four eastern Atlantic species and P.affinis are targeted by commercial fisheries and are important food fish.