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

<==o Pagrinae
   |--o Argyrops ()? [3]
   |  |-- A. bleekeri Oshima, 1927 (Taiwan tai)
   |  |-- A. filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Soldierbream)
   |  `-- A. spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) (King soldierbream)
   |-- Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) [Pagrus auratus] (Squirefish)
   |--o Evynnis ()? [2]
   |  |-- E. cardinalis (Lacépède, 1802) (Threadfin porgy)
   |  `-- E. japonica Tanaka, 1931 (Crimson seabream)
   `--o Pagrus Paleoc. Mioc. Eu. Plioc. NAf. R. Oc. ()? [5]
      |-- †P. mauretanicus
      |-- †P. hyneus Purdy, Schneider, Applegate, McLellan, Meyer & Slaughter, 2001
      |-- P. africanus Akazaki, 1962 (Southern common seabream)
      |-- P. auriga Valenciennes, 1843 (Redbanded seabream)
      |-- P. caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Bluespotted seabream)
      |-- P. major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Red seabream)
      `-- P. pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (pargo; Common seabream)

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