Pagrus auratus (Topical Term)

ITIS search, Apr. 11, 2005 (Chrysophrys auratus (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801), synonym: Pagrus auratus)

World fishes important to North Americans, 1991: p. 111 (Chrysophrys auratus, aquirefish, other names: Australian sea bream, snapper, Cockney, Red bream, New Zealand tai, New Zealand medai, Old man snapper)

FishBase, Apr. 11, 2005 (Chrysophrys auratus, Squirefish, common names: Cockney bream (Australia), Cockney snapper (New Zealand), Golden snapper (UK), Old man snapper, Pink snapper, Red bream (Australia), Red pargo (Hong Kong), Snapper (Australia and New Zealand), Squirefish (USA); synonyms: Pagrosomus auratus, Labrus auratus, Pagrus auratus, Sparosomus unicolor, Pagrus unicolor, Chrysophrys unicolor, Chrysophrys guttulatus, Pagrus guttulatus, Pagrus micropterus, Pagrus latus, Pagrus chinensis, Pagrus ruber, Pagrus ruber, Pagrus arthuris, Sciaena aurata; misidentifications: Sparus auratus, Chrysophrys major, Pagrosomus major)

FishBase, Jan. 3, 2012 (Pagrus auratus, Silver Seabream; the genus assignment is problematic and not currently correctly solved between Pagrus and Chrysophrys; populations in the northern and southern hemispheres are independent and isolated but were similar enough to be declared one and the same species; common English names: Bream; Cockney; Cockney bream; Cockney snapper; Eastern snapper; Golden snapper; Nobblers; Old man; Old man red snapper; Old man snapper; Pink snapper; Pinkie; Queen red bream; Red bream; Red pargo; Reddie; Ruggers; Schnapper; Silver seabream; Snapper; Squire; Squirefish; Tai snapper; Tamure; Western snapper; White snapper; accepted name: Pagrus auratus; synonyms not valid: Chrysophrys auratus; Chrysophrys guttulatus; Chrysophrys major (misapplied name); Chrysophrys unicolor; Labrus auratus; Pagrosomus auratus; Pagrosomus major (misapplied name); Pagrus arthurius; Pagrus chinensis; Pagrus guttulatus; Pagrus latus; Pagrus micropterus; Pagrus ruber; Pagrus unicolor; Sciaena lata; Sparosomus unicolor; Sparus auratus (misapplied name); FishBase no longer has a separate valid entry for Chrysophrys auratus)

Wikipedia, Jan. 3, 2011: Australasian snapper (The Australasian snapper or Pagrus auratus is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of New Zealand and Australia. Although it is almost universally known in these countries as snapper it does not belong to the Lutjanidae family. Regional variation in naming: Western Australia: "pink snapper" to distinguish it from other unrelated species. New Zealand: snapper (or New Zealand snapper when there is need to distinguish from other species of snapper). Australia: cocknies (young smaller than legal size); red bream or pinkies (legal size), squire or squirefish (when bigger), snapper (at full size). Victoria: also Schnapper. South Australia: the name "ruggers" is often used for smaller fish of legal size. New Zealand Māori: tamure (adultfish), karati (juveniles). Aboriginal people of the Port Jackson area in Australia: they called it wollamie (also spelt wollamai, and other variations). European colonists there knew it as the "light horseman", for the resemblance of the fish's skull to the helmet of a light horseman)

WWW.metro.ca, Jan. 3, 2012: Home > Advice from your experts > The fishmonger > Your fish experts display > Fish > Lean fish > Dorade (Sea Bream) (There are 200 different varieties of this saltwater fish. The dorade, also called sea bream, can be found in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic as well as off the coast of Australia and New Zealand.)