† rose sparusn.Obsolete the pandora Pagellus erythrinus (family Sparidae), a fish of the Mediterranean and East Atlantic having an orange-red back and pinkish silvery sides.
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1803 G. ShawGen. Zool. IV. ii. 407Rose sparus... Size and shape of a Perch: colour most beautiful rose-red.
1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India i. 27 I particularly noticed the Sparus erythrinus, (Rose Sparus) and another larger Sparus.