Acanthopagrus arabicus Iwatsuki, 2013 and Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskal, 1775), were collected from Iraqi marine waters, during the period from January to May 2015. Some paired head bones and vertebral column such as; premaxilla, maxilla, lower jaw; dentary, articular, operculer, preoperculer and vertebral column. The height of ascending process equally basebone length in A. arabicus, whereas the ascending process is longer than basebone length in A. bifasciatus. The maxilla of the two fishes possesses one anterior ascending process support the premaxilla. Dentary have 3-5 rows of moral-like teeth in A. arabicus and 4-5 rows in A. bifasciatus. Operculum process was a good fused with operculum bone in A. arabicus, whereas being prominent and end in operculum spine in A. bifasciatus. The vertebral column contain 23 vertebrae in A. arabicus, while 24 vertebrae in A. bifasciatus. The study showed high resemblance and some structural differences between bones of investigated species belonging to intraspecific variations, and supported to join them in one genus of the family sparidae.