Blackspot seabream
| Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) | ||||
| Family: | Sparidae (Porgies) |
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| Order: | Eupercaria/misc | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Blackspot seabream | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: Norway, Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Blanc in Mauritania, Madeira, Canary Islands, and western Mediterranean (rare beyond the Sicilian Strait). Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). | |||
| Adult biology: | Inshore waters above various types of bottom (rocks, sand, mud) to 400 m (Mediterranean) and 700 m (Atlantic); young near the coast, adults on the continental slope specially over muddy bottoms. Omnivorous, but feed mainly on crustaceans, mollusks, worms and small fish. Protandric hermaphrodites, become females at 20-30 cm length. Adults move towards the coast up to the edge of the continental shelf to spawn from January to June (Ref. 3688). Important foodfish. Marketed fresh and frozen; consumed pan-fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). | |||
| Diagnosis: | At 10 mm operculum under the eye with two crests; the inner with 3 or 4 low teeth; the outer with 6 teeth, the fourth of which is the longest. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 65°N - 20°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Karrer, C.. 1984. (Ref. 216) | |||
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| Checked by: Giovanardi, Otello |
Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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