After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Pagellinae
   |-- Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861 (Fransmadam)
   |--o Lithognathus
   |  |-- L. aureti Smith, 1962 (West coast seabream)
   |  |-- L. lithognathus (Cuvier, 1829) (White steenbras)
   |  |-- L. mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Pagellus mormyrus] (marmoripagelli; Striped seabream)
   |  `-- L. olivieri Penrith & Penrith, 1969 (Steenbras)
   `--o Pagellus Paleoc.-Mioc. Eu. Olig.- Mioc. NZ. R. Oc.
      |-- P. acarne (Risso, 1827) (Axillary seabream)
      |-- P. affinis Boulenger, 1888 (Arabian pandora)
      |--o P. bellottii Steindachner, 1882
      |  |-- P. b. bellottii Steindachner, 1882 (Red pandora)
      |  `-- P. b. natalensis Steindachner, 1903 (Natal pandora)
      |-- P. bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) (Blackspot seabream)
      |?- P. centrodontus (pikkupagelli)
      `-- P. erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (punapagelli; Common pandora)

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