Diagnosis_Genus: Boops Cuvier. The Saupe (Sparus salpa) and the Bogue (Sparus boops), which have a single row of sharp teeth all around both jaws forms the new genus Boops. Mr Cuvier reports with doubt to this kind the Sparus chrysurus (Bloch).
 

Diagnosis_Species: Sparus boops Linnaeus. S. lineis longitudinalibus obscuris: inferioribus quatuor aureis argenteisque. Art. gen. 36. Syn. 6 r. Sparus lineis utrinque 4 aureis ac argenteis longitudinalibus parallelis. D. 30. P. -- V. A. I9. C. -- Habitat in M. infero.

Other description (FAO): Body fusiform, rather low and very slightly compressed, its anterior part subcylindrical in cross section. Eye large, its diameter greater than snout length; scales on top of head reaching forward just beyond level of posterior eye margins. Mouth small, oblique; lips very thin; all teeth incisor-like, set in a single row in both jaws; cutting edges of upper teeth with 4, of lower teeth with 5 points (the central point largest). Gillrakers on first arch 16 to 20 lower and 7 or 8 upper. Dorsal fin with 13-15 spines and 12-16 soft rays. Anal fin with 3 spines and 14-16. Pectoral fins short, not reaching to anus. Caudal fin forked. Scales along lateral line 69 to 80. Colour back bluish or greenish, sides with silvery or golden reflections and with 3 to 5 golden longitudinal lines; a small brown spot restricted to pectoral fin axils; lateral line dark; fins light. 
 

Body_adults_max_length: 400 mm (Bottari et al., 2014)
Body_adults: 100-250 mm (Bottari et al., 2014)
Body_juveniles_length: 138 mm (Bottari et al., 2014)

Sequence_EcoRI: AJ270581, AJ270582, AJ270583, AJ270584, AJ270585 (de la Herran et al. 2001)
Sequence_16S: AF247396 (Meynard et al., 2012)
Sequence_Cytb: DQ197932 (Meynard et al., 2012)
Sequence_Rhod: EF439263 (Meynard et al., 2012)
Sequence_RAG1: EU167763 (Meynard et al., 2012)
Sequence: X81567 (Chiba et al., 2009)