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Madai

Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Status not recordedbony fish

The madai (Pagrus major) is a species in the family Sparidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the madai

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the madai live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the madai as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Croatia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the madai endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the madai classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySparidae
  6. genusPagrus
  7. SpeciesPagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Synonyms Chrysophrys major, Pagrosomus major, Pagus major, Sparus major

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Genuine porgyEnglish
  • Japanese seabreamEnglish
  • Pink breamEnglish
  • PorgyEnglish
  • Red pargoEnglish
  • Red porgyEnglish
  • Red sea breamEnglish
  • Red seabream snapperEnglish
  • Red tailEnglish
  • Sea breamEnglish
  • Silver seabreamEnglish
  • Pagre majorCatalan
  • pražman japonskýCzech
  • Japansk guldbrasenDanish
  • Besugo rojoSpanish
  • Pagre japonaisFrench
  • マダイJapanese
  • 돔Korean
  • Japanse goudbrasemDutch
  • pagrus czerwonyPolish
  • Красный пагрRussian
  • 加臘Chinese
  • Dorada Del JapónSpanish
  • Pargo JaponésSpanish
  • Dorade JaponaiseFrench
  • Spare JaponaiseFrench
  • TaiJapanese
  • 붉은도미Korean
  • 상사리Korean
  • 진도미어Korean
  • 참도미Korean
  • 참돔Korean
  • 加蚋Chinese
  • 嘉鱲Chinese
  • 嘉鱲魚Chinese
  • 日本真鯛Chinese
  • 正鯛Chinese
  • 真赤鲷Chinese
  • 真鯛 (鯛魚)Chinese
  • 真赤鯛(真鯛)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the madai

Other species in the same genus Pagrus.

Porgy

Pagrus pagrus

SparidaeNo free photo yet

Braize

Pagrus africanus

SparidaeNo free photo yet

Murudai

Pagrus auriga

SparidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMadai vs PorgyMadai vs Goldenhead porgyMadai vs BraizeMadai vs Murudai

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the madai an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the madai as introduced in 1 country: Croatia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the madai?

The madai (Pagrus major) belongs to the family Sparidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Madai (Pagrus major). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/madai

MLA

“Madai (Pagrus major).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/madai.

BibTeX
@misc{madai_2026,
  title = {Madai (Pagrus major)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/madai},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}