Pagellus bellottii, the red pandora, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the sea breams and porgies.

Pagellus bellottii was first formally described in 1882 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type localities given as the Arglim Bank in the Canary Islands and Gorée in Senegal.

[7] The overall colour is red with silvery tints, with blue spots frequently showing along the scale rows on the flanks.

There is a small red spot at the front end of the lateral line and upper edge of the gill cover.

[2] Pagellus bellottii is found in the eastern AtlanticOcean from the ]Straits of Gibraltar and the Canary Islands south along the western coast of Africa as far as Angola.

[1] Pagellus bellottii is mainly carnivorous and its diet includes crustaceans, cephalopods, small fish, Amphioxus and worms.