Pagophila (pagofila)

[NL., pagri, n. Pagrina (pā-gri'nä), n. pl. [NL., pagrine (pā'grin), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to Pagrina, or having their characters; sparine. II. n. A member of the Pagrina ; a sparine. Pagrus (pā'grus), n. [NL., pagrus , pager , πάγρος , said to be for φάγρος , the sea-bream.] The typical genus of Pagrina , having two rows of molar teeth on the sides of the upper jaw, and large canine teeth in front; the sea-breams. It includes several species very closely related to the giltheads or genus Sparus , and by some referred to that genus. P. vulgar is , a common European species, is known as the braize or becker ; it is red, and weighs five or six pounds.