Black seabream
Black seabream | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Sparidae |
Genus: | Spondyliosoma |
Species: | S. cantharus
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Binomial name | |
Spondyliosoma cantharus | |
Range of black seabream |
The black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is a species of Sparidae fishes. They are recognisable by their oval compressed body and jaws containing 4-6 rows of slender teeth which are larger at the front. They are silvery in colour with blue and pink tinges and broken longitudinal gold lines. They can reach a maximum size of 60 cm in length. They live in northern Europe and in the Mediterranean, usually found on the inshore shelf at depths varying from 5 to 300 m. They are usually found in schools feeding on seaweeds and invertebrates. They breed in February to May leaving eggs in the demersal zone.
Black seabream are protogynous meaning females have the ability to change to males.
References[]
- ^ Russell, B.; Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E. (2014). "Spondyliosoma cantharus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T170258A1303321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T170258A1303321.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Spondyliosoma cantharus at Wikimedia Commons
- Page at Fish Base (in English, German, French, and Italian)
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Sparidae
- Fish of Africa
- Fish of Europe
- Fauna of Macaronesia
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Fish described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Perciformes stubs